What is the average commute in Pawtucket city, Rhode Island?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 25.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Pawtucket city, Rhode Island work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.5 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 · RI · GEOID 44546402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Name: Commute estimates for Pawtucket city, Rhode Island
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.6 min one way; 9.2% worked from home, 75.3% drove alone, and 8.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.6 min±1.6 min MOE

Worked from home9.2%±1.5 pp MOE

Drove alone75.3%±2.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.1%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 Pawtucket city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.8 min → 25.6 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.8% → 9.2%▲ 4.4 pp

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

Public transit3.7% → 3.3%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.8% → 75.3%▼ 1.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Pawtucket city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.3%; 3.3% used public transit and 9.2% worked from home.

Drive alone75.3% ±2.5 pp

Carpool7.8% ±1.1 pp

Public transit3.3% ±0.9 pp

Walk1.6% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.1 pp

Work from home9.2% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 38,157 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Pawtucket city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 52th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

52^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 52% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

24^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 76% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

82^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

62^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Pawtucket city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 38,157 workers age 16+, including 34,640 workers with reported travel time and 3,517 home workers.

Population estimate75,893± 41 MOE

Workers age 16+38,157± 1,213 MOE

Workers with travel time34,640± 1,296 MOE

Estimated home workers3,517± 567 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 Rhode Island commute records for Pawtucket city

These 4 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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