Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · VT · GEOID 50244002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Essex Junction, Vermont
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.2 min one way; 16.9% worked from home, 67.0% drove alone, and 0.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip19.2 min±2.5 min MOE
Worked from home16.9%±4.0 pp MOE
Drove alone67.0%±5.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip0.4%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 Essex Junction city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.8 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Essex Junction city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 67.0%; 0.7% used public transit and 16.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 6,613 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Essex Junction city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 17th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Essex Junction city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 6,613 workers age 16+, including 5,494 workers with reported travel time and 1,119 home workers.
Population estimate10,803± 21 MOE
Workers age 16+6,613± 381 MOE
Workers with travel time5,494± 435 MOE
Estimated home workers1,119± 274 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
All Vermont reports →Comparable Vermont commute records for Essex Junction city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.