ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CT · GEOID 9566902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Oakville, Connecticut

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

40thMean commute percentile

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

14thWork-from-home percentile

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

41thTransit percentile

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

14th60+ 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 the shares

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.