What is the average commute in Bethel CDP, Connecticut?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 32.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Bethel CDP, Connecticut work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 15.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.6 percentage points.

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.

PLACE · CT · GEOID 9047902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bethel, Connecticut

Name: Commute estimates for Bethel CDP, Connecticut
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 32.4 min one way; 15.5% worked from home, 73.0% drove alone, and 14.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip32.4 min±6.9 min MOE

Worked from home15.5%±3.6 pp MOE

Drove alone73.0%±6.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip14.4%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 Bethel CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute31.6 min → 32.4 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.1% → 15.5%▲ 8.4 pp

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

Public transit2.6% → 1.0%▼ 1.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.8% → 73.0%▼ 3.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Bethel CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.0%; 1.0% used public transit and 15.5% worked from home.

Drive alone73.0% ±6.8 pp

Carpool6.7% ±3.0 pp

Public transit1.0% ±0.7 pp

Walk0.9% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home15.5% ±3.6 pp

Each share uses 5,853 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Bethel CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 86th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

86^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Bethel CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,853 workers age 16+, including 4,945 workers with reported travel time and 908 home workers.

Population estimate11,404± 666 MOE

Workers age 16+5,853± 517 MOE

Workers with travel time4,945± 524 MOE

Estimated home workers908± 226 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 Bethel CDP

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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