What is the average commute in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

COUNTY · CT · GEOID 91502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

Name: Commute estimates for Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.0 min one way; 11.9% worked from home, 79.8% drove alone, and 11.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.0 min±1.2 min MOE

Worked from home11.9%±1.3 pp MOE

Drove alone79.8%±1.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip11.2%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 Northeastern Connecticut 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.

Mean commutenan min → 29.0 min— nan min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from homenan% → 11.9%— nan pp

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

Public transitnan% → 0.3%— nan pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alonenan% → 79.8%— nan pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.8%; 0.3% used public transit and 11.9% worked from home.

Drive alone79.8% ±1.1 pp

Carpool6.0% ±0.9 pp

Public transit0.3% ±0.2 pp

Walk0.8% ±0.2 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp

Work from home11.9% ±1.3 pp

Each share uses 48,662 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 80th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

80^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 80% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

82^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 82% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

63^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 63% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

80^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 80% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 48,662 workers age 16+, including 42,857 workers with reported travel time and 5,805 home workers.

Population estimate96,312± — MOE

Workers age 16+48,662± 910 MOE

Workers with travel time42,857± 892 MOE

Estimated home workers5,805± 624 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

Comparable Connecticut commute records for Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region

No other Connecticut county in the 25k–100k population band met the same publication rule in this dataset.

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