ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CT · GEOID 9377702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hazardville, Connecticut

Mean one-way trip23.5 min±7.3 min MOE
Worked from home11.0%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone77.5%±10.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.4%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute25.0 min → 23.5 min▼ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.4% → 11.0%▲ 5.6 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.0%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.4% → 77.5%▼ 5.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.5% ±10.6 pp
Carpool10.7% ±4.2 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home11.0% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 3,152 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 under 25k population band.

47thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

40th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,022± 701 MOE
Workers age 16+3,152± 592 MOE
Workers with travel time2,804± 591 MOE
Estimated home workers348± 115 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.