Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NH · GEOID 33451402024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Manchester, New Hampshire
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.9 min one way; 14.1% worked from home, 71.8% drove alone, and 7.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip23.9 min±1.3 min MOE
Worked from home14.1%±1.3 pp MOE
Drove alone71.8%±2.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.5%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 Manchester city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.2 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 Manchester city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.8%; 0.6% used public transit and 14.1% worked from home.
Each share uses 66,536 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Manchester city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 46th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 54% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Manchester city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 66,536 workers age 16+, including 57,162 workers with reported travel time and 9,374 home workers.
Population estimate115,643± 48 MOE
Workers age 16+66,536± 1,489 MOE
Workers with travel time57,162± 1,487 MOE
Estimated home workers9,374± 891 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 Manchester city
No other New Hampshire place in the 100k–500k population band met the same publication rule in this dataset.