ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · CT · GEOID 91602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut

Mean one-way trip26.9 min±1.3 min MOE
Worked from home15.2%±1.0 pp MOE
Drove alone71.5%±1.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.2%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 → 26.9 min— nan min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from homenan% → 15.2%— nan pp

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

Public transitnan% → 1.1%— nan pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alonenan% → 71.5%— nan pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.5% ±1.4 pp
Carpool7.2% ±0.9 pp
Public transit1.1% ±0.3 pp
Walk3.8% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home15.2% ±1.0 pp

Each share uses 57,332 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.

73thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 73% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

75thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 75% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

75thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 75% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

75th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 75% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate113,216± — MOE
Workers age 16+57,332± 1,341 MOE
Workers with travel time48,633± 1,385 MOE
Estimated home workers8,699± 631 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.