ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CT · GEOID 9626402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Putnam, Connecticut

Mean one-way trip25.1 min±5.1 min MOE
Worked from home6.7%±2.7 pp MOE
Drove alone81.6%±4.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.3%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 commute27.2 min → 25.1 min▼ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.2% → 6.7%▲ 0.5 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.5%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.0% → 81.6%▲ 3.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone81.6% ±4.9 pp
Carpool9.6% ±4.3 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.6 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle1.4% ±1.8 pp
Work from home6.7% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 3,596 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.

52thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

23thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

57thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,120± 317 MOE
Workers age 16+3,596± 375 MOE
Workers with travel time3,355± 374 MOE
Estimated home workers241± 100 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.