What is the average commute in Simsbury Center CDP, Connecticut?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 25.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 28.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 8.3 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 9690102024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Simsbury Center, Connecticut

Name: Commute estimates for Simsbury Center CDP, Connecticut
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.4 min one way; 28.3% worked from home, 57.3% drove alone, and 2.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.4 min±5.0 min MOE

Worked from home28.3%±8.3 pp MOE

Drove alone57.3%±4.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.4%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 Simsbury Center CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.7 min → 25.4 min▼ 3.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home22.1% → 28.3%▲ 6.2 pp

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

Public transit1.8% → 3.2%▲ 1.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.8% → 57.3%▼ 13.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Simsbury Center CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 57.3%; 3.2% used public transit and 28.3% worked from home.

Drive alone57.3% ±4.1 pp

Carpool2.9% ±2.1 pp

Public transit3.2% ±2.7 pp

Walk4.8% ±2.2 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.7 pp

Work from home28.3% ±8.3 pp

Each share uses 3,186 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Simsbury Center CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 53th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

53^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

93^thWork-from-home percentile

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

85^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

11^th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Simsbury Center CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,186 workers age 16+, including 2,284 workers with reported travel time and 902 home workers.

Population estimate6,198± 675 MOE

Workers age 16+3,186± 389 MOE

Workers with travel time2,284± 281 MOE

Estimated home workers902± 286 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 Simsbury Center 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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