Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NH · GEOID 33651402024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Rochester, New Hampshire
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.1 min one way; 11.8% worked from home, 78.0% drove alone, and 7.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip26.1 min±2.6 min MOE
Worked from home11.8%±2.1 pp MOE
Drove alone78.0%±3.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.9%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 Rochester city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.1 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 Rochester city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.0%; 1.1% used public transit and 11.8% worked from home.
Each share uses 17,925 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Rochester city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 55th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 55% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Rochester city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 17,925 workers age 16+, including 15,804 workers with reported travel time and 2,121 home workers.
Population estimate33,144± 44 MOE
Workers age 16+17,925± 807 MOE
Workers with travel time15,804± 856 MOE
Estimated home workers2,121± 388 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 Rochester city
These 3 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.