ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · VT · GEOID 500072024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Chittenden County, Vermont

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 the published estimate?

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute21.5 min → 21.1 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.0% → 19.8%▲ 6.8 pp

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

Public transit2.2% → 1.8%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone66.1% → 61.9%▼ 4.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone61.9% ±1.3 pp
Carpool7.7% ±0.9 pp
Public transit1.8% ±0.4 pp
Walk6.3% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle1.7% ±0.5 pp
Work from home19.8% ±1.1 pp

Each share uses 95,810 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.

21thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 79% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

92thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 92% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

89thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 89% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

12th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 88% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

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

Comparable nearby records

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