ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CT · GEOID 9472902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Middletown, Connecticut

Mean one-way trip23.3 min±1.7 min MOE
Worked from home14.1%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone68.7%±3.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.7%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 commute21.7 min → 23.3 min▲ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.5% → 14.1%▲ 4.6 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 1.4%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.9% → 68.7%▼ 5.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.7% ±3.1 pp
Carpool7.0% ±1.7 pp
Public transit1.4% ±0.7 pp
Walk5.4% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp
Work from home14.1% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 25,713 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.

36thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 64% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

53thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

61thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

31th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate47,958± 39 MOE
Workers age 16+25,713± 892 MOE
Workers with travel time22,096± 908 MOE
Estimated home workers3,617± 490 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.