ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CT · GEOID 9503702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

New Britain, Connecticut

Mean one-way trip21.5 min±1.6 min MOE
Worked from home8.0%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone72.6%±2.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.8%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 commute21.1 min → 21.5 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.7% → 8.0%▲ 2.4 pp

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

Public transit3.3% → 3.5%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.7% → 72.6%▼ 3.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone72.6% ±2.2 pp
Carpool11.2% ±1.8 pp
Public transit3.5% ±1.0 pp
Walk2.2% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home8.0% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 35,303 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.

25thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 75% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

18thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

84thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

21th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate74,223± 58 MOE
Workers age 16+35,303± 1,424 MOE
Workers with travel time32,463± 1,354 MOE
Estimated home workers2,840± 506 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.