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

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 17.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 13.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.8 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 33401802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Laconia, New Hampshire

Name: Commute estimates for Laconia city, New Hampshire
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.0 min one way; 13.5% worked from home, 72.7% drove alone, and 4.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip17.0 min±2.8 min MOE

Worked from home13.5%±3.8 pp MOE

Drove alone72.7%±4.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.7%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 Laconia city'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 +7.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.8 min → 17.0 min▼ 1.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.1% → 13.5%▲ 7.4 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.7%▲ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.9% → 72.7%▲ 2.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Laconia city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.7%; 0.7% used public transit and 13.5% worked from home.

Drive alone72.7% ±4.5 pp

Carpool11.5% ±3.9 pp

Public transit0.7% ±0.6 pp

Walk1.4% ±1.2 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.3 pp

Work from home13.5% ±3.8 pp

Each share uses 8,791 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Laconia city 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.

59^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

62^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

34^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Laconia city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,791 workers age 16+, including 7,603 workers with reported travel time and 1,188 home workers.

Population estimate17,085± 27 MOE

Workers age 16+8,791± 501 MOE

Workers with travel time7,603± 521 MOE

Estimated home workers1,188± 338 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 Laconia city

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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