ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CT · GEOID 9826602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

West Hartford, Connecticut

Mean one-way trip22.3 min±1.3 min MOE
Worked from home22.5%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone65.3%±1.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.0%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 commute21.6 min → 22.3 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.9% → 22.5%▲ 8.7 pp

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

Public transit2.2% → 1.4%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.1% → 65.3%▼ 9.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone65.3% ±1.6 pp
Carpool7.5% ±1.0 pp
Public transit1.4% ±0.6 pp
Walk1.5% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.3 pp
Work from home22.5% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 33,242 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.

30thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 70% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

81thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

62thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

35th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 65% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate63,620± 37 MOE
Workers age 16+33,242± 872 MOE
Workers with travel time25,746± 804 MOE
Estimated home workers7,496± 675 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.