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

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.8 min one way; 9.9% worked from home, 75.5% drove alone, and 5.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Manchester CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.4 percentage points.

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 Manchester CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.5%; 3.0% used public transit and 9.9% worked from home.

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

How Manchester CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 33th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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 Manchester CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 20,076 workers age 16+, including 18,096 workers with reported travel time and 1,980 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Connecticut commute records for Manchester 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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