What is the average commute in Dover city, New Hampshire?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 22.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Dover city, New Hampshire work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 18.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 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 · NH · GEOID 33188202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Dover, New Hampshire

Name: Commute estimates for Dover city, New Hampshire
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.7 min one way; 18.6% worked from home, 69.1% drove alone, and 5.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.7 min±2.4 min MOE

Worked from home18.6%±2.5 pp MOE

Drove alone69.1%±4.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.7%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 Dover city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute23.2 min → 22.7 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.1% → 18.6%▲ 6.5 pp

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

Public transit2.8% → 2.8%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.8% → 69.1%▼ 6.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Dover city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.1%; 2.8% used public transit and 18.6% worked from home.

Drive alone69.1% ±4.0 pp

Carpool5.0% ±1.4 pp

Public transit2.8% ±2.5 pp

Walk3.1% ±1.0 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp

Work from home18.6% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 19,676 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Dover city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 32th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

32^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 68% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

70^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

79^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

43^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Dover city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 19,676 workers age 16+, including 16,007 workers with reported travel time and 3,669 home workers.

Population estimate33,364± 27 MOE

Workers age 16+19,676± 731 MOE

Workers with travel time16,007± 872 MOE

Estimated home workers3,669± 509 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 New Hampshire commute records for Dover city

These 3 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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