ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · RI · GEOID 44725002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Valley Falls, Rhode Island

Mean one-way trip23.3 min±4.5 min MOE
Worked from home9.9%±4.4 pp MOE
Drove alone68.1%±5.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.8%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 commute23.0 min → 23.3 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.4% → 9.9%▲ 5.5 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.0%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone88.4% → 68.1%▼ 20.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.1% ±5.0 pp
Carpool18.4% ±6.9 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home9.9% ±4.4 pp

Each share uses 6,423 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.

40thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

41thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

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

34th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,657± 1,206 MOE
Workers age 16+6,423± 764 MOE
Workers with travel time5,784± 770 MOE
Estimated home workers639± 293 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.