What is the average commute in Greenwich CDP, Connecticut?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 25.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.4 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 9336902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Greenwich, Connecticut

Name: Commute estimates for Greenwich CDP, Connecticut
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.9 min one way; 25.4% worked from home, 50.4% drove alone, and 19.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.9 min±5.2 min MOE

Worked from home25.4%±5.4 pp MOE

Drove alone50.4%±3.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip19.4%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 Greenwich CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.9 min → 27.9 min▼ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home17.0% → 25.4%▲ 8.4 pp

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

Public transit15.9% → 11.8%▼ 4.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone49.7% → 50.4%▲ 0.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Greenwich CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 50.4%; 11.8% used public transit and 25.4% worked from home.

Drive alone50.4% ±3.8 pp

Carpool5.6% ±3.6 pp

Public transit11.8% ±3.1 pp

Walk5.8% ±2.5 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home25.4% ±5.4 pp

Each share uses 6,343 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Greenwich CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 68th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

68^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

89^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

93^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Greenwich CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,343 workers age 16+, including 4,734 workers with reported travel time and 1,609 home workers.

Population estimate14,792± 1,194 MOE

Workers age 16+6,343± 571 MOE

Workers with travel time4,734± 501 MOE

Estimated home workers1,609± 372 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 Greenwich 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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