What is the average commute in Portland CDP, Connecticut?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 30.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 18.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.6 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 9618702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Portland, Connecticut

Name: Commute estimates for Portland CDP, Connecticut
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.5 min one way; 18.5% worked from home, 73.1% drove alone, and 6.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip30.5 min±7.8 min MOE

Worked from home18.5%±5.6 pp MOE

Drove alone73.1%±9.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.8%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 Portland CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.9 min → 30.5 min▲ 3.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.9% → 18.5%▲ 8.5 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.8%▲ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.6% → 73.1%▼ 11.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Portland CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.1%; 0.8% used public transit and 18.5% worked from home.

Drive alone73.1% ±9.3 pp

Carpool6.7% ±4.1 pp

Public transit0.8% ±1.4 pp

Walk0.4% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp

Work from home18.5% ±5.6 pp

Each share uses 3,325 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Portland CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 79th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

79^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 75% 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.

52^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Portland CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,325 workers age 16+, including 2,711 workers with reported travel time and 614 home workers.

Population estimate5,944± 488 MOE

Workers age 16+3,325± 412 MOE

Workers with travel time2,711± 415 MOE

Estimated home workers614± 201 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 Portland 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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