ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · RI · GEOID 44501402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Newport East, Rhode Island

Mean one-way trip20.5 min±4.3 min MOE
Worked from home11.7%±2.9 pp MOE
Drove alone69.7%±4.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.8%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 commute20.3 min → 20.5 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.6% → 11.7%▲ 8.2 pp

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

Public transit1.0% → 1.3%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.5% → 69.7%▼ 10.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.7% ±4.4 pp
Carpool8.6% ±4.1 pp
Public transit1.3% ±1.4 pp
Walk5.1% ±3.6 pp
Bicycle1.8% ±2.0 pp
Work from home11.7% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 5,843 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.

24thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

50thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

72thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

24th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,069± 850 MOE
Workers age 16+5,843± 596 MOE
Workers with travel time5,157± 588 MOE
Estimated home workers686± 186 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.