ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CT · GEOID 9873502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Winsted, Connecticut

Mean one-way trip25.3 min±6.1 min MOE
Worked from home7.7%±3.5 pp MOE
Drove alone77.9%±8.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.4%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute27.9 min → 25.3 min▼ 2.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.4% → 7.7%▲ 5.2 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 1.0%▲ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone87.8% → 77.9%▼ 9.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.9% ±8.4 pp
Carpool6.7% ±3.3 pp
Public transit1.0% ±1.3 pp
Walk5.9% ±3.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home7.7% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 3,503 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.

53thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

29thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

68thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

72th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,977± 706 MOE
Workers age 16+3,503± 496 MOE
Workers with travel time3,235± 501 MOE
Estimated home workers268± 127 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.