What is the average commute in Northford CDP, Connecticut?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 25.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 12.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.5 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 9544502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Northford, Connecticut

Name: Commute estimates for Northford CDP, Connecticut
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.5 min one way; 12.3% worked from home, 78.7% drove alone, and 6.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.5 min±6.3 min MOE

Worked from home12.3%±6.5 pp MOE

Drove alone78.7%±7.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.3%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 Northford CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.8 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute28.4 min → 25.5 min▼ 2.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.5% → 12.3%▲ 1.8 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.6% → 78.7%▼ 1.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Northford CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.7%; 0.0% used public transit and 12.3% worked from home.

Drive alone78.7% ±7.1 pp

Carpool8.9% ±4.3 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp

Walk0.0% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp

Work from home12.3% ±6.5 pp

Each share uses 3,062 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Northford CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 54th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

54^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

53^thWork-from-home percentile

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

18^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

48^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Northford CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,062 workers age 16+, including 2,684 workers with reported travel time and 378 home workers.

Population estimate6,186± 552 MOE

Workers age 16+3,062± 438 MOE

Workers with travel time2,684± 436 MOE

Estimated home workers378± 205 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 Northford 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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