ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CT · GEOID 9576702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Orange, Connecticut

Mean one-way trip27.5 min±5.5 min MOE
Worked from home15.6%±2.9 pp MOE
Drove alone75.4%±3.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.9%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 commute29.0 min → 27.5 min▼ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.8% → 15.6%▲ 7.8 pp

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

Public transit2.1% → 0.8%▼ 1.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.7% → 75.4%▼ 4.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.4% ±3.6 pp
Carpool6.6% ±2.2 pp
Public transit0.8% ±0.7 pp
Walk1.0% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home15.6% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 6,832 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.

65thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

64thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

64th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate14,315± 24 MOE
Workers age 16+6,832± 398 MOE
Workers with travel time5,767± 417 MOE
Estimated home workers1,065± 206 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.