ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CT · GEOID 9569002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Old Greenwich, Connecticut

Mean one-way trip34.7 min±6.7 min MOE
Worked from home36.3%±10.3 pp MOE
Drove alone38.2%±5.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip27.6%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 commute37.4 min → 34.7 min▼ 2.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home26.0% → 36.3%▲ 10.2 pp

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

Public transit25.9% → 16.9%▼ 9.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone45.7% → 38.2%▼ 7.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone38.2% ±5.8 pp
Carpool4.4% ±3.0 pp
Public transit16.9% ±4.2 pp
Walk1.8% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.4 pp
Work from home36.3% ±10.3 pp

Each share uses 2,902 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.

92thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98thWork-from-home percentile

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

99thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,936± 663 MOE
Workers age 16+2,902± 320 MOE
Workers with travel time1,849± 201 MOE
Estimated home workers1,053± 321 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.