ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NH · GEOID 33522602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Newmarket, New Hampshire

Mean one-way trip28.7 min±5.4 min MOE
Worked from home12.4%±3.8 pp MOE
Drove alone77.5%±4.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.2%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 commute29.0 min → 28.7 min▼ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.8% → 12.4%▲ 2.5 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 0.6%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.6% → 77.5%▼ 3.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.5% ±4.5 pp
Carpool5.5% ±2.4 pp
Public transit0.6% ±0.8 pp
Walk2.3% ±2.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home12.4% ±3.8 pp

Each share uses 3,853 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.

71thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

53thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

59thTransit percentile

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

66th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,679± 315 MOE
Workers age 16+3,853± 294 MOE
Workers with travel time3,377± 292 MOE
Estimated home workers476± 150 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.