What is the average commute in Brattleboro CDP, Vermont?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 15.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Brattleboro CDP, Vermont work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.1 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 · VT · GEOID 50079752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Brattleboro, Vermont

Name: Commute estimates for Brattleboro CDP, Vermont
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.3 min one way; 11.8% worked from home, 67.3% drove alone, and 2.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip15.3 min±3.7 min MOE

Worked from home11.8%±5.1 pp MOE

Drove alone67.3%±9.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.0%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 Brattleboro 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 -2.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute16.1 min → 15.3 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.7% → 11.8%▼ 2.9 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.5%▲ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone63.6% → 67.3%▲ 3.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Brattleboro CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 67.3%; 0.5% used public transit and 11.8% worked from home.

Drive alone67.3% ±9.4 pp

Carpool8.6% ±5.8 pp

Public transit0.5% ±0.8 pp

Walk11.3% ±4.8 pp

Bicycle0.5% ±0.9 pp

Work from home11.8% ±5.1 pp

Each share uses 3,291 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Brattleboro CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 5th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

5^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

51^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

8^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Brattleboro CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,291 workers age 16+, including 2,903 workers with reported travel time and 388 home workers.

Population estimate7,657± 417 MOE

Workers age 16+3,291± 381 MOE

Workers with travel time2,903± 397 MOE

Estimated home workers388± 173 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 Vermont commute records for Brattleboro 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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