ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · DE · GEOID 10778402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wilmington Manor, Delaware

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.9 min one way; 12.0% worked from home, 71.6% drove alone, and 5.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.9 min±4.9 min MOE
Worked from home12.0%±5.4 pp MOE
Drove alone71.6%±2.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.4%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 Wilmington Manor CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute23.1 min → 21.9 min▼ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.2% → 12.0%▼ 0.2 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 2.1%▲ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.0% → 71.6%▼ 6.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Wilmington Manor CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.6%; 2.1% used public transit and 12.0% worked from home.

Drive alone71.6% ±2.8 pp
Carpool7.2% ±4.3 pp
Public transit2.1% ±1.9 pp
Walk4.1% ±2.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home12.0% ±5.4 pp

Each share uses 4,226 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Wilmington Manor CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 32th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

32thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

52thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

79thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

40th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Wilmington Manor CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,226 workers age 16+, including 3,717 workers with reported travel time and 509 home workers.

Population estimate8,214± 846 MOE
Workers age 16+4,226± 584 MOE
Workers with travel time3,717± 542 MOE
Estimated home workers509± 240 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 Wilmington Manor CDP

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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