ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CT · GEOID 9788802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wallingford Center, Connecticut

Mean one-way trip24.6 min±5.4 min MOE
Worked from home12.9%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone73.7%±3.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.9%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute26.3 min → 24.6 min▼ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.2% → 12.9%▲ 4.7 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.3%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.6% → 73.7%▼ 1.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.7% ±3.9 pp
Carpool9.5% ±3.8 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.3 pp
Walk2.6% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home12.9% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 9,744 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.

49thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

50thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

58th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate18,208± 1,034 MOE
Workers age 16+9,744± 848 MOE
Workers with travel time8,486± 883 MOE
Estimated home workers1,258± 269 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.