What is the average commute in Smyrna town, Delaware?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 33.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Smyrna town, Delaware work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 13.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.9 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 · DE · GEOID 10673102024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Smyrna, Delaware

Name: Commute estimates for Smyrna town, Delaware
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 33.4 min one way; 13.1% worked from home, 77.5% drove alone, and 14.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip33.4 min±7.9 min MOE

Worked from home13.1%±4.9 pp MOE

Drove alone77.5%±7.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip14.4%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 Smyrna town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute31.0 min → 33.4 min▲ 2.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.6% → 13.1%▲ 5.6 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 1.3%▲ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.9% → 77.5%▼ 5.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Smyrna town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.5%; 1.3% used public transit and 13.1% worked from home.

Drive alone77.5% ±7.0 pp

Carpool6.9% ±6.2 pp

Public transit1.3% ±1.9 pp

Walk0.7% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home13.1% ±4.9 pp

Each share uses 5,770 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Smyrna town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 89th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

89^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

57^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

72^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Smyrna town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,770 workers age 16+, including 5,012 workers with reported travel time and 758 home workers.

Population estimate13,165± 51 MOE

Workers age 16+5,770± 534 MOE

Workers with travel time5,012± 596 MOE

Estimated home workers758± 289 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 Delaware commute records for Smyrna town

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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