ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CT · GEOID 9073452024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Branford Center, Connecticut

Mean one-way trip26.3 min±9.4 min MOE
Worked from home10.5%±4.0 pp MOE
Drove alone71.3%±7.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.6%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 commute28.1 min → 26.3 min▼ 1.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.9% → 10.5%▲ 4.6 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 3.4%▲ 2.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.7% → 71.3%▼ 14.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.3% ±7.9 pp
Carpool11.7% ±7.4 pp
Public transit3.4% ±2.9 pp
Walk1.2% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle1.9% ±2.9 pp
Work from home10.5% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 3,621 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

59thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

86thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

42th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,305± 655 MOE
Workers age 16+3,621± 488 MOE
Workers with travel time3,241± 460 MOE
Estimated home workers380± 154 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.