Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CO · GEOID 8459702024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Longmont, Colorado
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.5 min one way; 22.3% worked from home, 64.8% drove alone, and 6.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip24.5 min±1.5 min MOE
Worked from home22.3%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone64.8%±2.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.9%among commuters
U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.
01 / THE SHIFT
What changed in Longmont city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.6 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Longmont city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 64.8%; 2.0% used public transit and 22.3% worked from home.
Each share uses 53,498 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Longmont city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 44th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 56% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Longmont city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 53,498 workers age 16+, including 41,584 workers with reported travel time and 11,914 home workers.
Population estimate99,406± 405 MOE
Workers age 16+53,498± 1,129 MOE
Workers with travel time41,584± 1,314 MOE
Estimated home workers11,914± 1,053 MOE
Why the ± matters
ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.
05 / SAME STATE
All Colorado reports →Comparable Colorado commute records for Longmont city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.