ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · CT · GEOID 91402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut

Mean one-way trip28.3 min±0.8 min MOE
Worked from home12.7%±0.7 pp MOE
Drove alone74.3%±1.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.6%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 → 28.3 min— nan min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from homenan% → 12.7%— nan pp

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

Public transitnan% → 1.4%— nan pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alonenan% → 74.3%— nan pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.3% ±1.0 pp
Carpool8.8% ±0.6 pp
Public transit1.4% ±0.3 pp
Walk1.3% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.0 pp
Work from home12.7% ±0.7 pp

Each share uses 224,432 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.

81thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 81% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

56thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 56% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

84thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 84% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

73th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 73% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate454,969± — MOE
Workers age 16+224,432± 2,320 MOE
Workers with travel time195,964± 2,537 MOE
Estimated home workers28,468± 1,654 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.