ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CO · GEOID 8698102024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sherrelwood, Colorado

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.6 min one way; 18.0% worked from home, 65.2% drove alone, and 9.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.6 min±4.4 min MOE
Worked from home18.0%±3.5 pp MOE
Drove alone65.2%±4.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.1%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 Sherrelwood CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.2 min → 29.6 min▲ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.4% → 18.0%▲ 9.6 pp

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

Public transit4.3% → 4.2%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.5% → 65.2%▼ 8.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Sherrelwood CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 65.2%; 4.2% used public transit and 18.0% worked from home.

Drive alone65.2% ±4.7 pp
Carpool8.6% ±2.7 pp
Public transit4.2% ±1.9 pp
Walk2.1% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.6 pp
Work from home18.0% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 9,366 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Sherrelwood CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 75th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

75thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

74thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

89thTransit percentile

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

65th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Sherrelwood CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 9,366 workers age 16+, including 7,682 workers with reported travel time and 1,684 home workers.

Population estimate18,692± 1,706 MOE
Workers age 16+9,366± 783 MOE
Workers with travel time7,682± 693 MOE
Estimated home workers1,684± 360 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 Sherrelwood 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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