ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · WY · GEOID 56775302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Torrington, Wyoming

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 13.6 min one way; 9.0% worked from home, 73.9% drove alone, and 4.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip13.6 min±3.1 min MOE
Worked from home9.0%±4.1 pp MOE
Drove alone73.9%±6.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.5%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 Torrington city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute12.5 min → 13.6 min▲ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.5% → 9.0%▲ 1.5 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.5% → 73.9%▼ 4.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Torrington city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.9%; 0.0% used public transit and 9.0% worked from home.

Drive alone73.9% ±6.7 pp
Carpool10.6% ±4.5 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.8 pp
Walk2.4% ±1.8 pp
Bicycle1.1% ±1.2 pp
Work from home9.0% ±4.1 pp

Each share uses 2,284 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Torrington city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 3th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

3thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

36thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

32th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Torrington city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,284 workers age 16+, including 2,078 workers with reported travel time and 206 home workers.

Population estimate6,182± 23 MOE
Workers age 16+2,284± 235 MOE
Workers with travel time2,078± 235 MOE
Estimated home workers206± 97 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 Torrington city

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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