What is the average commute in Sandy Hook CDP, Connecticut?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 35.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 23.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 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 9667002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sandy Hook, Connecticut

Name: Commute estimates for Sandy Hook CDP, Connecticut
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 35.3 min one way; 23.1% worked from home, 70.0% drove alone, and 15.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip35.3 min±7.0 min MOE

Worked from home23.1%±4.4 pp MOE

Drove alone70.0%±5.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip15.9%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 Sandy Hook CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute32.6 min → 35.3 min▲ 2.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.5% → 23.1%▲ 7.6 pp

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

Public transit1.0% → 0.0%▼ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.4% → 70.0%▼ 6.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Sandy Hook CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.0%; 0.0% used public transit and 23.1% worked from home.

Drive alone70.0% ±5.6 pp

Carpool4.6% ±2.2 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp

Walk0.5% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home23.1% ±4.4 pp

Each share uses 5,114 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Sandy Hook 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.

86^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

89^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Sandy Hook CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,114 workers age 16+, including 3,934 workers with reported travel time and 1,180 home workers.

Population estimate9,863± 864 MOE

Workers age 16+5,114± 559 MOE

Workers with travel time3,934± 504 MOE

Estimated home workers1,180± 261 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 Sandy Hook 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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