What is the average commute in Waterbury city, Connecticut?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 28.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Waterbury city, Connecticut work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.3 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 9800002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Waterbury, Connecticut

Name: Commute estimates for Waterbury city, Connecticut
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.0 min one way; 8.3% worked from home, 69.8% drove alone, and 9.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.0 min±2.1 min MOE

Worked from home8.3%±1.3 pp MOE

Drove alone69.8%±3.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip9.4%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 Waterbury city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.4 min → 28.0 min▲ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.0% → 8.3%▲ 3.3 pp

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

Public transit3.3% → 3.9%▲ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.1% → 69.8%▼ 6.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Waterbury city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.8%; 3.9% used public transit and 8.3% worked from home.

Drive alone69.8% ±3.0 pp

Carpool12.7% ±1.5 pp

Public transit3.9% ±1.0 pp

Walk2.1% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home8.3% ±1.3 pp

Each share uses 48,551 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Waterbury city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 72th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

72^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 72% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

14^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

83^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

73^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Waterbury city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 48,551 workers age 16+, including 44,534 workers with reported travel time and 4,017 home workers.

Population estimate114,869± 48 MOE

Workers age 16+48,551± 1,713 MOE

Workers with travel time44,534± 1,763 MOE

Estimated home workers4,017± 652 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 Waterbury city

These 4 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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