What is the average commute in Newington CDP, Connecticut?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Newington CDP, Connecticut work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 14.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.3 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 9522102024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Newington, Connecticut

Name: Commute estimates for Newington CDP, Connecticut
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.4 min one way; 14.4% worked from home, 73.3% drove alone, and 3.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.4 min±1.6 min MOE

Worked from home14.4%±2.3 pp MOE

Drove alone73.3%±3.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.0%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 Newington CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.7 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 commute20.7 min → 21.4 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.7% → 14.4%▲ 4.6 pp

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

Public transit1.4% → 1.7%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.3% → 73.3%▼ 7.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Newington CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.3%; 1.7% used public transit and 14.4% worked from home.

Drive alone73.3% ±3.3 pp

Carpool8.1% ±1.9 pp

Public transit1.7% ±0.9 pp

Walk0.4% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp

Work from home14.4% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 17,038 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Newington CDP compares with similar-size places

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

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

25^thMean commute percentile

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

55^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

66^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

12^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 88% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Newington CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 17,038 workers age 16+, including 14,588 workers with reported travel time and 2,450 home workers.

Population estimate30,896± 29 MOE

Workers age 16+17,038± 608 MOE

Workers with travel time14,588± 611 MOE

Estimated home workers2,450± 394 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 Newington CDP

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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