How long is the commute in Denver?

Average travel time to work in Denver, CO, how people get to work — driving, transit, walking or from home — and how that compares nationally.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

How Denver gets to work.

Average commute, one way: 19.2 min — U.S. average: 23.0 min

How workers get to work

• Drove alone: 57.7
• Carpooled: 6.5
• Transit: 4.5
• Walked: 3.9
• From home: 24.4

Average commute (minutes)

• Denver: 19.2
• Denver County: 19.2
• CO: 20.7
• U.S.: 23

Work from home: 24.4% — U.S.: 13.5%

What it means

The typical one-way commute here runs about 3.8 minutes shorter than the national average.

Working from home went from 6.5% of workers in 2015 to 24.4% in the latest estimates.