ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VT · GEOID 50106752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Burlington, Vermont

Mean one-way trip18.7 min±1.7 min MOE
Worked from home19.0%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone45.6%±2.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.1%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 commute18.5 min → 18.7 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.8% → 19.0%▲ 6.2 pp

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

Public transit4.9% → 5.3%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone48.4% → 45.6%▼ 2.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone45.6% ±2.6 pp
Carpool7.7% ±1.2 pp
Public transit5.3% ±1.5 pp
Walk17.0% ±2.4 pp
Bicycle4.9% ±1.7 pp
Work from home19.0% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 24,362 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.

12thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 88% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

71thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

90thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

14th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate44,675± 33 MOE
Workers age 16+24,362± 847 MOE
Workers with travel time19,738± 892 MOE
Estimated home workers4,624± 632 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 nearby records

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