Commuting in Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.
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Commute Time Burden in Capitol Planning Region: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Capitol Planning Region spend about 43 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 178 hours, about 7.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 3% less time on the road than the Connecticut average of 22.1 minutes each way, a difference of 0.7 minutes.
Capitol Planning Region holds about 27.5% of Connecticut's population but accounts for roughly 26.7% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Capitol Planning Region would save about 71 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,212 at the same national wage assumption used above.
Area
One-Way Commute
Daily Round-Trip
Yearly Time Spent
Estimated Yearly Cost
Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Capitol Planning Region
21.4 min
42.8 min
178 hrs/yr
$5,529
1,825
Connecticut
22.1 min
44.2 min
184 hrs/yr
$5,704
1,748
United States
22.4 min
44.8 min
187 hrs/yr
$5,790
1,355
The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it
as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day
on non-highway roads, come from proprietary
Ticon and
TrafficZoom data.
On average, it takes
21.4
minutes to get to work in
Capitol Planning Region.
That's 5% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 17.1% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Capitol Planning Region
Car:
77.0%
Worked at Home:
17.1%
Public Transportation:
2.7%
Walked:
1.6%
Other:
0.9%
Taxi:
0.4%
Bicycle:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Commute Mode Trends in Capitol Planning Region, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Capitol Planning Region get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.
Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show commute mode data by year
Year
Car
Worked at Home
Public Transportation
Walked
Other
Taxi
Bicycle
Motorcycle
2009
90.0%
3.6%
2.8%
2.3%
0.8%
0.1%
0.3%
0.1%
2010
89.7%
3.6%
2.9%
2.6%
0.8%
0.1%
0.3%
0.1%
2011
89.0%
3.7%
3.3%
2.8%
0.8%
0.1%
0.3%
0.1%
2012
89.0%
3.7%
3.3%
2.7%
0.8%
0.1%
0.3%
0.1%
2013
89.1%
3.6%
3.4%
2.7%
0.8%
0.1%
0.3%
0.1%
2014
89.0%
3.6%
3.4%
2.7%
0.8%
0.1%
0.3%
0.1%
2015
89.0%
3.8%
3.4%
2.6%
0.7%
0.1%
0.3%
0.1%
2016
89.2%
4.0%
3.2%
2.5%
0.7%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
2017
89.2%
4.3%
3.1%
2.4%
0.7%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
2018
89.0%
4.7%
3.0%
2.3%
0.7%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
2019
88.8%
5.0%
2.9%
2.3%
0.7%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
2020
85.9%
7.8%
2.8%
2.4%
0.7%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
2021
83.2%
10.9%
2.5%
2.2%
0.7%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
2022
81.0%
13.4%
2.6%
2.0%
0.7%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
2023
78.9%
15.5%
2.6%
1.8%
0.8%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
2024
77.0%
17.1%
2.7%
1.6%
0.9%
0.4%
0.2%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 90.0% in 2009 to 77.0% in 2024, down 13.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 7 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Capitol Planning Region: its share of workers rose from 3.6% in 2009 to 17.1% in 2024, up 13.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 12.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.3% to 1.6% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Capitol Planning Region
🛌Hitting SnoozeThe biggest shift to later mornings among Connecticut's 9 counties: the typical start is 4 minutes later than in 2009.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Capitol Planning Region?
The bars show when commuters in Capitol Planning Region leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Connecticut for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.
Capitol Planning RegionConnecticutSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Capitol Planning Region is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.9% across Connecticut. Early starts are about as common as in Connecticut: 10.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.9% there. The morning rush looks much like Connecticut's: 51.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.6% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.3%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.
When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.
See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Capitol Planning Region, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.
Is Capitol Planning Region Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024
Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Capitol Planning Region next to Connecticut and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.
Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show typical departure times by year
Year
Capitol Planning Region
Connecticut
United States
2009
7:44 AM
7:45 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:45 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:45 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:46 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:46 AM
7:46 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:47 AM
7:46 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:46 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:47 AM
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:46 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:45 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:45 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:46 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:47 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:47 AM
7:46 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:47 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:48 AM
7:47 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Capitol Planning Region were on the road by 7:48 AM, 4 minutes later than in 2009 (7:44 AM). The shift is sharper than across Connecticut, where the typical start moved 2 minutes later. Commuters in Capitol Planning Region now leave 10 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Capitol Planning Region has moved 3 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Capitol Planning Region in the whole series.
How does Capitol Planning Region's commute time compare?
Metric
Capitol Planning Region
Connecticut
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
21.4 min
22.1 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
17.1%
16.2%
15.0%
Walked
1.6%
2.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
2.7%
3.2%
3.2%
The average commute time in Capitol Planning Region is 21.4 minutes, shorter than the 22.1 minutes in Connecticut.
2.7% commute by public transit, lower than the 3.2% in Connecticut. 1.6% commute by walking, lower than the 2.3% in Connecticut.
Capitol Planning Region, CT Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Capitol Planning Region, CT is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 920,648 residents against a local median of 252,265. Where Capitol Planning Region, CT breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 20% above the local median of 14.3% at 17.1%.
The counties themselves spread 8.0% on work from home, so Capitol Planning Region, CT sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Capitol Planning Region, CT has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut.
Is living in Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 178 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,529 at a typical national wage. That's 3% less than the typical Connecticut commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Which counties in Connecticut have the fastest and slowest commutes?
Among counties in Connecticut, the shortest average commutes are in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region (20.6 min), South Central Connecticut Planning Region (20.9 min), Capitol Planning Region (21.4 min). The longest are in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region (26.0 min), Greater Bridgeport Planning Region (23.9 min), Naugatuck Valley Planning Region (23.5 min).