ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · CT · GEOID 91502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

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 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 → 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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size countys

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

80thMean commute percentile

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

82thWork-from-home percentile

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

63thTransit percentile

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

80th60+ 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 the shares

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 nearby records

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