What is the average commute in Derby city, Connecticut?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 26.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Derby city, Connecticut work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 15.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.8 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 9194802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Derby, Connecticut

Name: Commute estimates for Derby city, Connecticut
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.9 min one way; 15.1% worked from home, 74.8% drove alone, and 9.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.9 min±4.7 min MOE

Worked from home15.1%±4.8 pp MOE

Drove alone74.8%±4.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip9.2%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 Derby city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute29.3 min → 26.9 min▼ 2.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.9% → 15.1%▲ 5.2 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.4%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.4% → 74.8%▲ 3.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Derby city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.8%; 0.4% used public transit and 15.1% worked from home.

Drive alone74.8% ±4.3 pp

Carpool7.4% ±2.6 pp

Public transit0.4% ±0.8 pp

Walk1.1% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home15.1% ±4.8 pp

Each share uses 6,595 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Derby city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 62th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

62^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

65^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

53^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Derby city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,595 workers age 16+, including 5,600 workers with reported travel time and 995 home workers.

Population estimate12,487± 33 MOE

Workers age 16+6,595± 530 MOE

Workers with travel time5,600± 455 MOE

Estimated home workers995± 324 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 Derby city

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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