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

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.7 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 44807802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Woonsocket, Rhode Island

Name: Commute estimates for Woonsocket city, Rhode Island
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.3 min one way; 6.4% worked from home, 73.0% drove alone, and 10.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.3 min±2.6 min MOE

Worked from home6.4%±1.7 pp MOE

Drove alone73.0%±2.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip10.4%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 Woonsocket city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.5 min → 29.3 min▲ 2.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.3% → 6.4%▲ 3.1 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 1.7%▲ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.3% → 73.0%▼ 4.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Woonsocket city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.0%; 1.7% used public transit and 6.4% worked from home.

Drive alone73.0% ±2.5 pp

Carpool11.8% ±2.5 pp

Public transit1.7% ±0.7 pp

Walk1.3% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.3 pp

Work from home6.4% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 19,229 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Woonsocket city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 73th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

73^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 73% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

9^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 91% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

66^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

74^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Woonsocket city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 19,229 workers age 16+, including 17,991 workers with reported travel time and 1,238 home workers.

Population estimate43,521± 41 MOE

Workers age 16+19,229± 887 MOE

Workers with travel time17,991± 891 MOE

Estimated home workers1,238± 337 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 Woonsocket 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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