ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CT · GEOID 9652302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Rockville, Connecticut

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.5 min one way; 7.2% worked from home, 75.2% drove alone, and 8.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.5 min±7.7 min MOE
Worked from home7.2%±4.7 pp MOE
Drove alone75.2%±8.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.3%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 Rockville CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +4.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -1.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.9 min → 27.5 min▲ 4.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.4% → 7.2%▼ 1.2 pp

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

Public transit3.6% → 6.6%▲ 3.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.0% → 75.2%▲ 3.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Rockville CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.2%; 6.6% used public transit and 7.2% worked from home.

Drive alone75.2% ±8.1 pp
Carpool9.2% ±5.2 pp
Public transit6.6% ±5.3 pp
Walk0.6% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home7.2% ±4.7 pp

Each share uses 3,136 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Rockville 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.

65thMean commute percentile

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

26thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

93thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

61th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Rockville CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,136 workers age 16+, including 2,911 workers with reported travel time and 225 home workers.

Population estimate7,072± 994 MOE
Workers age 16+3,136± 508 MOE
Workers with travel time2,911± 490 MOE
Estimated home workers225± 153 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 Rockville 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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