What is the average commute in Staples CDP, Connecticut?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 43.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 29.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.0 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 9731752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Staples, Connecticut

Name: Commute estimates for Staples CDP, Connecticut
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 43.1 min one way; 29.7% worked from home, 47.8% drove alone, and 31.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip43.1 min±13.2 min MOE

Worked from home29.7%±6.0 pp MOE

Drove alone47.8%±7.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip31.0%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 Staples CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute44.9 min → 43.1 min▼ 1.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home26.9% → 29.7%▲ 2.8 pp

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

Public transit18.4% → 10.7%▼ 7.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone47.5% → 47.8%▲ 0.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Staples CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 47.8%; 10.7% used public transit and 29.7% worked from home.

Drive alone47.8% ±7.9 pp

Carpool6.2% ±4.8 pp

Public transit10.7% ±3.4 pp

Walk4.1% ±2.3 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp

Work from home29.7% ±6.0 pp

Each share uses 3,069 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Staples CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 99th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

99^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

94^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Staples CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,069 workers age 16+, including 2,158 workers with reported travel time and 911 home workers.

Population estimate7,340± 695 MOE

Workers age 16+3,069± 341 MOE

Workers with travel time2,158± 315 MOE

Estimated home workers911± 210 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 Staples 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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