ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CT · GEOID 9229802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

East Haven, Connecticut

Mean one-way trip24.1 min±3.1 min MOE
Worked from home9.0%±2.1 pp MOE
Drove alone81.1%±3.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.3%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 commute24.5 min → 24.1 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.3% → 9.0%▲ 2.7 pp

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

Public transit2.2% → 1.5%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.5% → 81.1%▲ 1.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone81.1% ±3.2 pp
Carpool4.6% ±1.4 pp
Public transit1.5% ±0.8 pp
Walk3.2% ±1.5 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home9.0% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 14,549 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.

41thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 59% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

23thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 77% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

63thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

57th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate27,806± 31 MOE
Workers age 16+14,549± 644 MOE
Workers with travel time13,244± 682 MOE
Estimated home workers1,305± 309 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.