Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · CT · GEOID 91102024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.6 min one way; 16.9% worked from home, 69.7% drove alone, and 4.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
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 Capitol Planning Region's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +nan minutes and the work-from-home share changed +nan percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Capitol Planning Region residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.7%; 2.7% used public transit and 16.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 490,975 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Capitol Planning Region compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 23th percentile among covered 500k+ countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 77% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 50% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 63% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 74% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Capitol Planning Region's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 490,975 workers age 16+, including 407,990 workers with reported travel time and 82,985 home workers.
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.
05 / SAME STATE
All Connecticut reports →Comparable Connecticut commute records for Capitol Planning Region
These 2 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.