ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · CT · GEOID 91802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

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 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 → 23.9 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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size countys

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

50thMean commute percentile

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

47thWork-from-home percentile

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

84thTransit percentile

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

57th60+ 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 the shares

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.