ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CO · GEOID 8738252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Steamboat Springs, Colorado

Mean one-way trip14.3 min±2.3 min MOE
Worked from home23.1%±4.3 pp MOE
Drove alone63.1%±4.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.8%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 commute15.6 min → 14.3 min▼ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.7% → 23.1%▲ 11.4 pp

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

Public transit3.2% → 2.2%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.0% → 63.1%▼ 4.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone63.1% ±4.7 pp
Carpool6.0% ±2.1 pp
Public transit2.2% ±1.8 pp
Walk2.2% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle2.2% ±1.1 pp
Work from home23.1% ±4.3 pp

Each share uses 7,870 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.

4thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

86thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

24th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,433± 20 MOE
Workers age 16+7,870± 379 MOE
Workers with travel time6,053± 409 MOE
Estimated home workers1,817± 351 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.