Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CT · GEOID 9475152024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Milford city (balance), Connecticut
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.3 min one way; 17.6% worked from home, 74.1% drove alone, and 7.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip25.3 min±1.7 min MOE
Worked from home17.6%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone74.1%±2.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.9%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 Milford city (balance)'s published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.4 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Milford city (balance) residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.1%; 2.6% used public transit and 17.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 27,811 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Milford city (balance) compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 50th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 50% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Milford city (balance)'s commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 27,811 workers age 16+, including 22,910 workers with reported travel time and 4,901 home workers.
Population estimate51,023± 278 MOE
Workers age 16+27,811± 837 MOE
Workers with travel time22,910± 886 MOE
Estimated home workers4,901± 539 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
All Connecticut reports →Comparable Connecticut commute records for Milford city (balance)
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.