ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CO · GEOID 8518002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Monument, Colorado

Mean one-way trip28.8 min±5.5 min MOE
Worked from home25.0%±5.8 pp MOE
Drove alone64.8%±5.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.7%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 commute34.8 min → 28.8 min▼ 6.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home20.9% → 25.0%▲ 4.1 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.0%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.2% → 64.8%▼ 4.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone64.8% ±5.1 pp
Carpool7.5% ±3.2 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle1.0% ±0.9 pp
Work from home25.0% ±5.8 pp

Each share uses 6,015 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.

72thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

89thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

84th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,735± 44 MOE
Workers age 16+6,015± 566 MOE
Workers with travel time4,514± 521 MOE
Estimated home workers1,501± 378 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.