Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · CT · GEOID 9739802024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Storrs, Connecticut
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.1 min one way; 33.4% worked from home, 32.9% drove alone, and 5.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip18.1 min±4.6 min MOE
Worked from home33.4%±4.3 pp MOE
Drove alone32.9%±5.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.9%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 Storrs CDP's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -2.4 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Storrs CDP residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 32.9%; 6.6% used public transit and 33.4% worked from home.
Each share uses 5,573 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Storrs CDP compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 13th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Storrs CDP's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 5,573 workers age 16+, including 3,709 workers with reported travel time and 1,864 home workers.
Population estimate15,207± 648 MOE
Workers age 16+5,573± 463 MOE
Workers with travel time3,709± 476 MOE
Estimated home workers1,864± 283 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
All Connecticut reports →Comparable Connecticut commute records for Storrs CDP
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.