ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CT · GEOID 9446902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Manchester, Connecticut

Mean one-way trip22.8 min±2.3 min MOE
Worked from home9.9%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone75.5%±2.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.0%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 commute21.4 min → 22.8 min▲ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.5% → 9.9%▲ 3.4 pp

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

Public transit1.7% → 3.0%▲ 1.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.5% → 75.5%▼ 6.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.5% ±2.9 pp
Carpool8.9% ±2.0 pp
Public transit3.0% ±1.1 pp
Walk1.9% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.4 pp
Work from home9.9% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 20,076 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.

33thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 67% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

28thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

80thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

35th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 65% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate36,759± 1,174 MOE
Workers age 16+20,076± 983 MOE
Workers with travel time18,096± 968 MOE
Estimated home workers1,980± 381 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.