Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NH · GEOID 33337802024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Hanover, New Hampshire
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.0 min one way; 26.7% worked from home, 45.4% drove alone, and 6.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip19.0 min±5.9 min MOE
Worked from home26.7%±6.0 pp MOE
Drove alone45.4%±7.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.6%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 Hanover CDP's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +14.6 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Hanover CDP residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 45.4%; 0.3% used public transit and 26.7% worked from home.
Each share uses 2,762 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Hanover CDP compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 16th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Hanover CDP's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 2,762 workers age 16+, including 2,025 workers with reported travel time and 737 home workers.
Population estimate8,479± 350 MOE
Workers age 16+2,762± 302 MOE
Workers with travel time2,025± 311 MOE
Estimated home workers737± 184 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
All New Hampshire reports →Comparable New Hampshire commute records for Hanover CDP
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.