ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · VT · GEOID 50851502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Winooski, Vermont

Mean one-way trip21.9 min±4.2 min MOE
Worked from home16.4%±4.0 pp MOE
Drove alone65.1%±5.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.9%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 commute21.0 min → 21.9 min▲ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.8% → 16.4%▲ 6.6 pp

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

Public transit2.4% → 2.4%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone66.0% → 65.1%▼ 0.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone65.1% ±5.5 pp
Carpool8.0% ±2.8 pp
Public transit2.4% ±1.3 pp
Walk5.8% ±3.4 pp
Bicycle2.0% ±1.3 pp
Work from home16.4% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 5,669 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.

31thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

58th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,293± 32 MOE
Workers age 16+5,669± 349 MOE
Workers with travel time4,742± 393 MOE
Estimated home workers927± 234 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.