ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · RI · GEOID 44731322024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wakefield-Peace Dale, Rhode Island

Mean one-way trip24.0 min±5.1 min MOE
Worked from home14.1%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone76.8%±6.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.0%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 commute24.7 min → 24.0 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.9% → 14.1%▲ 8.2 pp

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

Public transit4.1% → 1.3%▼ 2.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.5% → 76.8%▼ 2.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone76.8% ±6.4 pp
Carpool6.6% ±3.0 pp
Public transit1.3% ±0.9 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.7 pp
Work from home14.1% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 4,915 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.

45thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

61thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 61% 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.

36th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,302± 768 MOE
Workers age 16+4,915± 614 MOE
Workers with travel time4,223± 594 MOE
Estimated home workers692± 169 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.