ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · RI · GEOID 44707002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Tiverton, Rhode Island

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.2 min one way; 9.5% worked from home, 76.8% drove alone, and 6.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.2 min±5.1 min MOE
Worked from home9.5%±3.5 pp MOE
Drove alone76.8%±6.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.8%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 Tiverton CDP'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 +3.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.2 min → 26.2 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.0% → 9.5%▲ 3.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.4%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone87.7% → 76.8%▼ 11.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Tiverton CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.8%; 0.4% used public transit and 9.5% worked from home.

Drive alone76.8% ±6.1 pp
Carpool10.5% ±3.6 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.7 pp
Walk2.8% ±2.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home9.5% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 4,499 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Tiverton CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 58th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

58thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

39thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

53thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

51th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Tiverton CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,499 workers age 16+, including 4,073 workers with reported travel time and 426 home workers.

Population estimate8,091± 574 MOE
Workers age 16+4,499± 530 MOE
Workers with travel time4,073± 515 MOE
Estimated home workers426± 165 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 Tiverton CDP

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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