What is the average commute in Branford Center CDP, Connecticut?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 26.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.0 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 9073452024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Branford Center, Connecticut

Name: Commute estimates for Branford Center CDP, Connecticut
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.3 min one way; 10.5% worked from home, 71.3% drove alone, and 5.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Branford Center CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.6 percentage points.

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 Branford Center CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.3%; 3.4% used public transit and 10.5% worked from home.

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

How Branford Center CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 59th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

59^thMean commute percentile

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

44^thWork-from-home percentile

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

86^thTransit percentile

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

42^th60+ 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 Branford Center CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,621 workers age 16+, including 3,241 workers with reported travel time and 380 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Connecticut commute records for Branford Center 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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