ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NH · GEOID 33479402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Milford, New Hampshire

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.2 min one way; 12.1% worked from home, 77.3% drove alone, and 7.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.2 min±4.9 min MOE
Worked from home12.1%±3.9 pp MOE
Drove alone77.3%±5.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.7%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 Milford CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute29.3 min → 26.2 min▼ 3.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.4% → 12.1%▲ 4.8 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.0%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.1% → 77.3%▼ 5.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Milford CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.3%; 0.0% used public transit and 12.1% worked from home.

Drive alone77.3% ±5.0 pp
Carpool7.9% ±3.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk2.0% ±1.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home12.1% ±3.9 pp

Each share uses 4,758 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Milford CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 58th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

58thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

52thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

57th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Milford CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,758 workers age 16+, including 4,180 workers with reported travel time and 578 home workers.

Population estimate8,956± 771 MOE
Workers age 16+4,758± 499 MOE
Workers with travel time4,180± 501 MOE
Estimated home workers578± 194 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 Milford 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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