ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VT · GEOID 50031752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Barre, Vermont

Mean one-way trip18.6 min±3.5 min MOE
Worked from home10.5%±4.1 pp MOE
Drove alone73.8%±7.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.9%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 commute20.5 min → 18.6 min▼ 1.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.1% → 10.5%▲ 2.5 pp

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

Public transit2.7% → 1.7%▼ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.6% → 73.8%▲ 5.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.8% ±7.3 pp
Carpool10.6% ±4.9 pp
Public transit1.7% ±1.4 pp
Walk3.3% ±3.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home10.5% ±4.1 pp

Each share uses 4,613 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.

14thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

7th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,412± 39 MOE
Workers age 16+4,613± 407 MOE
Workers with travel time4,128± 456 MOE
Estimated home workers485± 193 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.