What is the average commute in Wellington town, Colorado?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 30.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Wellington town, Colorado work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 18.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.8 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 8832302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wellington, Colorado

Name: Commute estimates for Wellington town, Colorado
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.9 min one way; 18.9% worked from home, 70.6% drove alone, and 9.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip30.9 min±6.7 min MOE

Worked from home18.9%±4.8 pp MOE

Drove alone70.6%±5.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip9.2%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 Wellington town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.6 min → 30.9 min▲ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.3% → 18.9%▲ 5.6 pp

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

Public transit2.0% → 0.6%▼ 1.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.6% → 70.6%▼ 6.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Wellington town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.6%; 0.6% used public transit and 18.9% worked from home.

Drive alone70.6% ±5.3 pp

Carpool9.5% ±4.7 pp

Public transit0.6% ±1.2 pp

Walk0.4% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp

Work from home18.9% ±4.8 pp

Each share uses 5,989 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Wellington town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 81th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

81^thMean commute percentile

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

76^thWork-from-home percentile

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

60^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Wellington town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,989 workers age 16+, including 4,857 workers with reported travel time and 1,132 home workers.

Population estimate11,798± 21 MOE

Workers age 16+5,989± 555 MOE

Workers with travel time4,857± 540 MOE

Estimated home workers1,132± 307 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 Wellington town

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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