Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · VT · GEOID 500072024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Chittenden County, Vermont
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.1 min one way; 19.8% worked from home, 61.9% drove alone, and 3.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip21.1 min±0.7 min MOE
Worked from home19.8%±1.1 pp MOE
Drove alone61.9%±1.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.5%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 Chittenden 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 +6.8 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 Chittenden County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 61.9%; 1.8% used public transit and 19.8% worked from home.
Each share uses 95,810 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Chittenden County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 21th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 79% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 92% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 89% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 88% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Chittenden County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 95,810 workers age 16+, including 76,799 workers with reported travel time and 19,011 home workers.
Population estimate169,758± — MOE
Workers age 16+95,810± 1,222 MOE
Workers with travel time76,799± 1,422 MOE
Estimated home workers19,011± 1,077 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 Vermont reports →Comparable Vermont commute records for Chittenden County
No other Vermont county in the 100k–500k population band met the same publication rule in this dataset.