ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CO · GEOID 8517452024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Montrose, Colorado

Mean one-way trip20.4 min±3.2 min MOE
Worked from home11.1%±3.3 pp MOE
Drove alone76.0%±4.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.5%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 the published estimate?

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute17.8 min → 20.4 min▲ 2.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.4% → 11.1%▲ 0.7 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.7% → 76.0%▲ 1.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone76.0% ±4.0 pp
Carpool7.2% ±2.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp
Walk4.1% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.6 pp
Work from home11.1% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 9,013 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

23thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

47thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

37thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate21,044± 41 MOE
Workers age 16+9,013± 664 MOE
Workers with travel time8,010± 618 MOE
Estimated home workers1,003± 307 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.