ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CO · GEOID 8772352024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

The Pinery, Colorado

Mean one-way trip31.0 min±7.1 min MOE
Worked from home34.1%±4.0 pp MOE
Drove alone56.8%±6.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.9%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 commute30.5 min → 31.0 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home26.4% → 34.1%▲ 7.7 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.7%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone64.7% → 56.8%▼ 7.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone56.8% ±6.1 pp
Carpool7.3% ±3.3 pp
Public transit0.7% ±0.9 pp
Walk0.1% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home34.1% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 6,483 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.

81thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

62thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,871± 1,109 MOE
Workers age 16+6,483± 684 MOE
Workers with travel time4,274± 651 MOE
Estimated home workers2,209± 348 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.