ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NH · GEOID 33413002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lebanon, New Hampshire

Mean one-way trip14.0 min±1.6 min MOE
Worked from home22.8%±4.3 pp MOE
Drove alone63.2%±4.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.4%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute16.4 min → 14.0 min▼ 2.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.5% → 22.8%▲ 9.2 pp

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

Public transit3.6% → 1.7%▼ 1.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.1% → 63.2%▼ 6.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone63.2% ±4.7 pp
Carpool8.4% ±3.0 pp
Public transit1.7% ±1.1 pp
Walk2.2% ±1.8 pp
Bicycle1.2% ±1.1 pp
Work from home22.8% ±4.3 pp

Each share uses 9,054 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

3thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

5th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate14,999± 26 MOE
Workers age 16+9,054± 476 MOE
Workers with travel time6,994± 507 MOE
Estimated home workers2,060± 401 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.