ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CT · GEOID 9645302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Riverside, Connecticut

Mean one-way trip35.4 min±7.2 min MOE
Worked from home34.5%±6.3 pp MOE
Drove alone38.2%±4.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip28.6%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 commute36.0 min → 35.4 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home26.3% → 34.5%▲ 8.2 pp

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

Public transit19.9% → 16.9%▼ 3.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone49.3% → 38.2%▼ 11.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone38.2% ±4.6 pp
Carpool7.3% ±5.1 pp
Public transit16.9% ±3.8 pp
Walk1.2% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home34.5% ±6.3 pp

Each share uses 3,842 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.

93thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 97% 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.

99th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,954± 670 MOE
Workers age 16+3,842± 406 MOE
Workers with travel time2,517± 319 MOE
Estimated home workers1,325± 281 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.