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

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 23.9 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 91802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

Name: Commute estimates for Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.9 min one way; 11.7% worked from home, 75.5% drove alone, and 6.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.9 min±0.7 min MOE

Worked from home11.7%±0.7 pp MOE

Drove alone75.5%±0.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.3%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 Southeastern 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 → 23.9 min— nan min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from homenan% → 11.7%— nan pp

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

Public transitnan% → 1.4%— nan pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alonenan% → 75.5%— nan pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.5%; 1.4% used public transit and 11.7% worked from home.

Drive alone75.5% ±0.7 pp

Carpool7.0% ±0.6 pp

Public transit1.4% ±0.4 pp

Walk2.9% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home11.7% ±0.7 pp

Each share uses 137,209 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 50th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

50^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 50% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

47^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 53% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

84^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 84% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

57^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 57% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 137,209 workers age 16+, including 121,184 workers with reported travel time and 16,025 home workers.

Population estimate279,971± — MOE

Workers age 16+137,209± 1,771 MOE

Workers with travel time121,184± 1,841 MOE

Estimated home workers16,025± 1,010 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 Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region

These 4 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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