What is the average commute in Wakefield-Peace Dale CDP, Rhode Island?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 24.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Wakefield-Peace Dale CDP, Rhode Island work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 14.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.0 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 44731322024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wakefield-Peace Dale, Rhode Island

Name: Commute estimates for Wakefield-Peace Dale CDP, Rhode Island
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.0 min one way; 14.1% worked from home, 76.8% drove alone, and 5.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Wakefield-Peace Dale CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.2 percentage points.

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 Wakefield-Peace Dale CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.8%; 1.3% used public transit and 14.1% worked from home.

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

How Wakefield-Peace Dale CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 45th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

45^thMean commute percentile

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

61^thWork-from-home percentile

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

72^thTransit percentile

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

36^th60+ 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 Wakefield-Peace Dale CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,915 workers age 16+, including 4,223 workers with reported travel time and 692 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Rhode Island commute records for Wakefield-Peace Dale 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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