ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · CT · GEOID 91102024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut

Mean one-way trip23.6 min±0.4 min MOE
Worked from home16.9%±0.4 pp MOE
Drove alone69.7%±0.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.8%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commutenan min → 23.6 min— nan min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from homenan% → 16.9%— nan pp

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

Public transitnan% → 2.7%— nan pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alonenan% → 69.7%— nan pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.7% ±0.6 pp
Carpool7.5% ±0.3 pp
Public transit2.7% ±0.3 pp
Walk1.7% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.0 pp
Work from home16.9% ±0.4 pp

Each share uses 490,975 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

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

23thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 77% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

50thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 50% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

63thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 63% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

26th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 74% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate977,290± — MOE
Workers age 16+490,975± 3,116 MOE
Workers with travel time407,990± 3,500 MOE
Estimated home workers82,985± 2,059 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.