What is the average commute in Durham CDP, New Hampshire?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 17.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Durham CDP, New Hampshire work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 15.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.3 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 33196202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Durham, New Hampshire

Name: Commute estimates for Durham CDP, New Hampshire
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.2 min one way; 15.6% worked from home, 43.2% drove alone, and 4.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip17.2 min±3.2 min MOE

Worked from home15.6%±3.3 pp MOE

Drove alone43.2%±6.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.0%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 Durham CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.8 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 commute19.0 min → 17.2 min▼ 1.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.0% → 15.6%▲ 5.6 pp

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

Public transit6.1% → 1.1%▼ 5.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone43.0% → 43.2%▲ 0.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Durham CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 43.2%; 1.1% used public transit and 15.6% worked from home.

Drive alone43.2% ±6.1 pp

Carpool4.7% ±2.8 pp

Public transit1.1% ±1.0 pp

Walk34.1% ±7.2 pp

Bicycle0.9% ±0.8 pp

Work from home15.6% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 4,189 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Durham CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 9th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

9^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

26^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Durham CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,189 workers age 16+, including 3,534 workers with reported travel time and 655 home workers.

Population estimate10,681± 508 MOE

Workers age 16+4,189± 409 MOE

Workers with travel time3,534± 400 MOE

Estimated home workers655± 151 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 Durham 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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