ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NH · GEOID 33629002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Mean one-way trip22.2 min±3.1 min MOE
Worked from home21.9%±4.0 pp MOE
Drove alone68.6%±3.6 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 commute22.5 min → 22.2 min▼ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.6% → 21.9%▲ 7.4 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 0.9%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.8% → 68.6%▼ 3.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.6% ±3.6 pp
Carpool2.8% ±1.4 pp
Public transit0.9% ±0.6 pp
Walk4.1% ±1.6 pp
Bicycle0.7% ±0.6 pp
Work from home21.9% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 12,412 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.

33thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

84thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 66% 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 estimate22,545± 34 MOE
Workers age 16+12,412± 494 MOE
Workers with travel time9,692± 581 MOE
Estimated home workers2,720± 504 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.