ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CT · GEOID 9186752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Daniels Farm, Connecticut

Mean one-way trip42.9 min±16.0 min MOE
Worked from home26.5%±5.9 pp MOE
Drove alone64.4%±9.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip26.0%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 commute38.3 min → 42.9 min▲ 4.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.9% → 26.5%▲ 12.7 pp

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

Public transit7.4% → 7.5%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.8% → 64.4%▼ 10.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone64.4% ±9.0 pp
Carpool1.6% ±1.4 pp
Public transit7.5% ±7.0 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home26.5% ±5.9 pp

Each share uses 2,878 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.

99thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

91thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

95thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,976± 731 MOE
Workers age 16+2,878± 400 MOE
Workers with travel time2,114± 430 MOE
Estimated home workers764± 200 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.