What is the average commute in Middletown city, Connecticut?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 23.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Middletown city, Connecticut work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 14.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.8 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 9472902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Middletown, Connecticut

Name: Commute estimates for Middletown city, Connecticut
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.3 min one way; 14.1% worked from home, 68.7% drove alone, and 4.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Middletown city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.6 percentage points.

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 Middletown city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.7%; 1.4% used public transit and 14.1% worked from home.

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

How Middletown city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 36th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

36^thMean commute percentile

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

53^thWork-from-home percentile

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

61^thTransit percentile

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

31^th60+ 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 Middletown city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 25,713 workers age 16+, including 22,096 workers with reported travel time and 3,617 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Connecticut commute records for Middletown city

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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