ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CO · GEOID 8642552024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Rifle, Colorado

Mean one-way trip30.1 min±5.4 min MOE
Worked from home6.8%±2.9 pp MOE
Drove alone77.2%±4.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.7%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 commute29.8 min → 30.1 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.0% → 6.8%▲ 1.8 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 0.3%▼ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.2% → 77.2%— 0.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.2% ±4.2 pp
Carpool14.5% ±4.5 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.9% ±1.2 pp
Work from home6.8% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 5,911 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.

77thMean commute percentile

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

24thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

49thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,570± 28 MOE
Workers age 16+5,911± 503 MOE
Workers with travel time5,509± 472 MOE
Estimated home workers402± 176 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.