Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · MA · GEOID 250032024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Berkshire County, Massachusetts
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.2 min one way; 14.2% worked from home, 71.2% drove alone, and 5.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip21.2 min±1.1 min MOE
Worked from home14.2%±1.2 pp MOE
Drove alone71.2%±2.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.8%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 Berkshire County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.8 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 Berkshire County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.2%; 1.5% used public transit and 14.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 62,234 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Berkshire County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 22th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 78% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 67% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 86% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 51% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Berkshire County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 62,234 workers age 16+, including 53,394 workers with reported travel time and 8,840 home workers.
Population estimate129,430± — MOE
Workers age 16+62,234± 1,171 MOE
Workers with travel time53,394± 1,422 MOE
Estimated home workers8,840± 766 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 Massachusetts reports →Comparable Massachusetts commute records for Berkshire County
These 3 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.