What is the average commute in Riverside CDP, Connecticut?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 35.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 34.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.3 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 9645302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Riverside, Connecticut

Name: Commute estimates for Riverside CDP, Connecticut
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 35.4 min one way; 34.5% worked from home, 38.2% drove alone, and 28.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Riverside CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.2 percentage points.

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 Riverside CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 38.2%; 16.9% used public transit and 34.5% worked from home.

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

How Riverside CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 93th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

93^thMean commute percentile

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

97^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99^th60+ 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 Riverside CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,842 workers age 16+, including 2,517 workers with reported travel time and 1,325 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Connecticut commute records for Riverside 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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