What is the average commute in Oakville CDP, Connecticut?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 23.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.1 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 9566902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Oakville, Connecticut

Name: Commute estimates for Oakville CDP, Connecticut
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.3 min one way; 5.1% worked from home, 84.3% drove alone, and 2.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.3 min±4.7 min MOE

Worked from home5.1%±2.1 pp MOE

Drove alone84.3%±7.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.7%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 Oakville 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 +0.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.6 min → 23.3 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.2% → 5.1%▲ 0.9 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.1%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.2% → 84.3%▲ 1.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Oakville CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 84.3%; 0.1% used public transit and 5.1% worked from home.

Drive alone84.3% ±7.4 pp

Carpool6.6% ±4.5 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp

Walk1.9% ±2.7 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home5.1% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 5,582 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Oakville CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 40th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

40^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

14^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

41^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

14^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Oakville CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,582 workers age 16+, including 5,299 workers with reported travel time and 283 home workers.

Population estimate9,276± 1,015 MOE

Workers age 16+5,582± 711 MOE

Workers with travel time5,299± 708 MOE

Estimated home workers283± 122 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 Oakville 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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