What is the average commute in Security-Widefield CDP, Colorado?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 23.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Security-Widefield CDP, Colorado work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 12.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.6 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · CO · GEOID 8688472024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Security-Widefield, Colorado

Name: Commute estimates for Security-Widefield CDP, Colorado
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.2 min one way; 12.6% worked from home, 72.1% drove alone, and 4.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.2 min±2.5 min MOE

Worked from home12.6%±2.6 pp MOE

Drove alone72.1%±2.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.0%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 Security-Widefield CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute23.6 min → 23.2 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.0% → 12.6%▲ 4.7 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.1%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.4% → 72.1%▼ 8.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Security-Widefield CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.1%; 0.1% used public transit and 12.6% worked from home.

Drive alone72.1% ±2.4 pp

Carpool11.9% ±3.7 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.3 pp

Walk1.1% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home12.6% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 17,900 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Security-Widefield CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 35th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

35^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 65% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

46^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

15^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 85% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

24^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 76% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Security-Widefield CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 17,900 workers age 16+, including 15,641 workers with reported travel time and 2,259 home workers.

Population estimate37,345± 2,220 MOE

Workers age 16+17,900± 1,127 MOE

Workers with travel time15,641± 1,080 MOE

Estimated home workers2,259± 484 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

Comparable Colorado commute records for Security-Widefield CDP

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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