ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CT · GEOID 9858102024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Willimantic, Connecticut

Mean one-way trip23.2 min±4.0 min MOE
Worked from home6.2%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone70.0%±3.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.7%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 commute22.3 min → 23.2 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.9% → 6.2%▲ 0.2 pp

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

Public transit4.1% → 3.7%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.9% → 70.0%▼ 0.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.0% ±3.8 pp
Carpool9.9% ±3.1 pp
Public transit3.7% ±2.1 pp
Walk8.5% ±2.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home6.2% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 7,769 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.

39thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

20thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

87thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

51th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate18,096± 642 MOE
Workers age 16+7,769± 723 MOE
Workers with travel time7,291± 707 MOE
Estimated home workers478± 162 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.