What is the average commute in Southwood Acres CDP, Connecticut?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 22.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 17.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.2 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 9714602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Southwood Acres, Connecticut

Name: Commute estimates for Southwood Acres CDP, Connecticut
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.8 min one way; 17.9% worked from home, 72.7% drove alone, and 3.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.8 min±3.7 min MOE

Worked from home17.9%±6.2 pp MOE

Drove alone72.7%±4.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.8%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 Southwood Acres CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.5 min → 22.8 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.8% → 17.9%▲ 5.1 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.7%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.6% → 72.7%▼ 6.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Southwood Acres CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.7%; 0.7% used public transit and 17.9% worked from home.

Drive alone72.7% ±4.1 pp

Carpool8.2% ±3.6 pp

Public transit0.7% ±0.9 pp

Walk0.5% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home17.9% ±6.2 pp

Each share uses 4,499 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Southwood Acres CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 37th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

37^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

62^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

25^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Southwood Acres CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,499 workers age 16+, including 3,694 workers with reported travel time and 805 home workers.

Population estimate8,115± 716 MOE

Workers age 16+4,499± 504 MOE

Workers with travel time3,694± 417 MOE

Estimated home workers805± 293 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 Southwood Acres 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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