Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CT · GEOID 9084202024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Bristol, Connecticut
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.7 min one way; 11.4% worked from home, 75.0% drove alone, and 4.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip23.7 min±1.6 min MOE
Worked from home11.4%±1.7 pp MOE
Drove alone75.0%±2.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.2%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 Bristol city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.5 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 Bristol city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.0%; 0.2% used public transit and 11.4% worked from home.
Each share uses 31,711 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Bristol city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 39th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 61% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Bristol city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 31,711 workers age 16+, including 28,097 workers with reported travel time and 3,614 home workers.
Population estimate61,462± 29 MOE
Workers age 16+31,711± 1,141 MOE
Workers with travel time28,097± 1,148 MOE
Estimated home workers3,614± 562 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 Connecticut reports →Comparable Connecticut commute records for Bristol city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.