What is the average commute in Laramie city, Wyoming?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 14.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Laramie city, Wyoming work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.9 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 · WY · GEOID 56450502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Laramie, Wyoming

Name: Commute estimates for Laramie city, Wyoming
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 14.0 min one way; 10.8% worked from home, 64.3% drove alone, and 3.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip14.0 min±1.9 min MOE

Worked from home10.8%±1.9 pp MOE

Drove alone64.3%±2.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.3%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 Laramie city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute13.2 min → 14.0 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.6% → 10.8%▲ 5.2 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 2.4%▲ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.4% → 64.3%▼ 6.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Laramie city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 64.3%; 2.4% used public transit and 10.8% worked from home.

Drive alone64.3% ±2.8 pp

Carpool8.2% ±1.8 pp

Public transit2.4% ±1.0 pp

Walk8.8% ±1.5 pp

Bicycle4.3% ±1.2 pp

Work from home10.8% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 18,784 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Laramie city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 1th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

1^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 99% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

35^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 65% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

76^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

15^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 85% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Laramie city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 18,784 workers age 16+, including 16,754 workers with reported travel time and 2,030 home workers.

Population estimate32,234± 20 MOE

Workers age 16+18,784± 590 MOE

Workers with travel time16,754± 641 MOE

Estimated home workers2,030± 370 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 Wyoming commute records for Laramie city

These 3 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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