Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · CT · GEOID 91402024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.3 min one way; 12.7% worked from home, 74.3% drove alone, and 8.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
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 Naugatuck Valley 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 Naugatuck Valley Planning Region residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.3%; 1.4% used public transit and 12.7% worked from home.
Each share uses 224,432 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Naugatuck Valley Planning Region compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 81th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 81% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 56% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 84% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 73% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Naugatuck Valley Planning Region's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 224,432 workers age 16+, including 195,964 workers with reported travel time and 28,468 home workers.
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.
05 / SAME STATE
All Connecticut reports →Comparable Connecticut commute records for Naugatuck Valley Planning Region
These 4 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.