How long is the commute in Colorado Springs?

Average travel time to work in Colorado Springs, 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 Colorado Springs gets to work.

Average commute, one way: 19.1 min — U.S. average: 23.0 min

How workers get to work

• Drove alone: 71.1
• Carpooled: 9
• Transit: 0.5
• Walked: 1.8
• From home: 16.1

Average commute (minutes)

• Colorado Springs: 19.1
• El Paso County: 19.9
• CO: 20.7
• U.S.: 23

Work from home: 16.1% — U.S.: 13.5%

What it means

The typical one-way commute here runs about 3.9 minutes shorter than the national average.

Working from home went from 5.3% of workers in 2015 to 16.1% in the latest estimates.