What is the average commute in Orange CDP, Connecticut?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 15.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.9 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 9576702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Orange, Connecticut

Name: Commute estimates for Orange CDP, Connecticut
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.5 min one way; 15.6% worked from home, 75.4% drove alone, and 8.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Orange CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.8 percentage points.

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 Orange CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.4%; 0.8% used public transit and 15.6% worked from home.

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

How Orange CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 65th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

65^thMean commute percentile

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

67^thWork-from-home percentile

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

64^thTransit percentile

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

64^th60+ 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 Orange CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,832 workers age 16+, including 5,767 workers with reported travel time and 1,065 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Connecticut commute records for Orange 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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