ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CT · GEOID 9731752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Staples, Connecticut

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

99thMean commute percentile

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

94thWork-from-home percentile

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

97thTransit percentile

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

99th60+ 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 the shares

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.