ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CT · GEOID 9505762024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

New Canaan, Connecticut

Mean one-way trip38.5 min±11.1 min MOE
Worked from home31.0%±9.2 pp MOE
Drove alone45.3%±6.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip28.2%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 commute30.7 min → 38.5 min▲ 7.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home19.8% → 31.0%▲ 11.2 pp

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

Public transit9.3% → 13.1%▲ 3.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone54.5% → 45.3%▼ 9.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone45.3% ±6.5 pp
Carpool2.0% ±1.6 pp
Public transit13.1% ±4.0 pp
Walk8.0% ±8.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home31.0% ±9.2 pp

Each share uses 2,641 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.

97thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,896± 992 MOE
Workers age 16+2,641± 443 MOE
Workers with travel time1,822± 356 MOE
Estimated home workers819± 278 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.