ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VT · GEOID 50047502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bennington, Vermont

Mean one-way trip17.2 min±5.3 min MOE
Worked from home12.6%±5.8 pp MOE
Drove alone70.4%±11.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.0%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 commute18.4 min → 17.2 min▼ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.0% → 12.6%▲ 3.5 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.1%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.6% → 70.4%▼ 7.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.4% ±11.0 pp
Carpool11.8% ±6.3 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.5 pp
Walk2.5% ±2.2 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.4 pp
Work from home12.6% ±5.8 pp

Each share uses 4,036 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.

9thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

54thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

40thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

26th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,245± 559 MOE
Workers age 16+4,036± 520 MOE
Workers with travel time3,528± 512 MOE
Estimated home workers508± 243 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.