ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · CT · GEOID 91702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

Mean one-way trip23.5 min±0.6 min MOE
Worked from home14.3%±0.7 pp MOE
Drove alone69.4%±0.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.1%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 → 23.5 min— nan min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from homenan% → 14.3%— nan pp

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

Public transitnan% → 3.0%— nan pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alonenan% → 69.4%— nan pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.4% ±0.8 pp
Carpool7.2% ±0.5 pp
Public transit3.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk4.6% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.1 pp
Work from home14.3% ±0.7 pp

Each share uses 282,730 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.

22thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 78% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

26thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 74% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

67thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 67% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

39th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 61% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate570,598± — MOE
Workers age 16+282,730± 3,007 MOE
Workers with travel time242,407± 2,988 MOE
Estimated home workers40,323± 1,900 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.