What is the average commute in Norwich city, New York?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 14.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Norwich city, New York work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.1 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · NY · GEOID 36539792024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Norwich, New York

Name: Commute estimates for Norwich city, New York
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 14.9 min one way; 10.4% worked from home, 75.1% drove alone, and 4.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip14.9 min±3.2 min MOE

Worked from home10.4%±4.1 pp MOE

Drove alone75.1%±4.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.5%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 Norwich city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute17.7 min → 14.9 min▼ 2.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.8% → 10.4%▲ 5.6 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.0%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.9% → 75.1%▲ 3.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Norwich city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.1%; 0.0% used public transit and 10.4% worked from home.

Drive alone75.1% ±4.7 pp

Carpool8.1% ±3.1 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.7 pp

Walk5.9% ±3.1 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp

Work from home10.4% ±4.1 pp

Each share uses 2,806 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Norwich city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 5th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

5^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

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

31^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Norwich city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,806 workers age 16+, including 2,513 workers with reported travel time and 293 home workers.

Population estimate6,782± 52 MOE

Workers age 16+2,806± 274 MOE

Workers with travel time2,513± 247 MOE

Estimated home workers293± 119 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 York commute records for Norwich city

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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