ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CT · GEOID 9690102024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Simsbury Center, Connecticut

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

53thMean commute percentile

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

93thWork-from-home percentile

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

85thTransit percentile

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

11th60+ 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 the shares

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.