ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VT · GEOID 50442752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Middlebury, Vermont

Mean one-way trip14.6 min±2.9 min MOE
Worked from home19.1%±4.4 pp MOE
Drove alone46.2%±6.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.9%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 commute18.0 min → 14.6 min▼ 3.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home19.4% → 19.1%▼ 0.3 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.3%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone38.4% → 46.2%▲ 7.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone46.2% ±6.5 pp
Carpool6.7% ±2.7 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.5 pp
Walk25.3% ±4.7 pp
Bicycle2.3% ±1.3 pp
Work from home19.1% ±4.4 pp

Each share uses 3,084 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.

4thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

48thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

15th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,220± 327 MOE
Workers age 16+3,084± 291 MOE
Workers with travel time2,494± 273 MOE
Estimated home workers590± 147 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.