ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · DE · GEOID 10358502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hockessin, Delaware

Mean one-way trip23.2 min±4.9 min MOE
Worked from home22.1%±6.1 pp MOE
Drove alone68.6%±8.4 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 commute23.1 min → 23.2 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.2% → 22.1%▲ 6.0 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.7%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.0% → 68.6%▼ 4.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.6% ±8.4 pp
Carpool4.7% ±2.5 pp
Public transit0.7% ±0.7 pp
Walk3.6% ±2.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home22.1% ±6.1 pp

Each share uses 6,104 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.

40thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

84thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

61thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

36th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,439± 1,427 MOE
Workers age 16+6,104± 751 MOE
Workers with travel time4,752± 662 MOE
Estimated home workers1,352± 409 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.