Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · RI · GEOID 440052024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Newport County, Rhode Island
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.8 min one way; 15.7% worked from home, 69.8% drove alone, and 6.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip22.8 min±1.5 min MOE
Worked from home15.7%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone69.8%±2.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.4%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 Newport County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.3 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Newport County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.8%; 0.9% used public transit and 15.7% worked from home.
Each share uses 43,051 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Newport County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 35th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 65% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 95% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 91% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 59% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Newport County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 43,051 workers age 16+, including 36,303 workers with reported travel time and 6,748 home workers.
Population estimate84,657± — MOE
Workers age 16+43,051± 1,027 MOE
Workers with travel time36,303± 1,221 MOE
Estimated home workers6,748± 683 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
All Rhode Island reports →Comparable Rhode Island commute records for Newport County
These 1 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.