ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · MA · GEOID 250072024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Dukes County, Massachusetts

Mean one-way trip16.4 min±3.2 min MOE
Worked from home21.6%±5.4 pp MOE
Drove alone60.6%±7.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.8%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 the published estimate?

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute15.9 min → 16.4 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home19.6% → 21.6%▲ 1.9 pp

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

Public transit1.5% → 1.5%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone66.2% → 60.6%▼ 5.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone60.6% ±7.2 pp
Carpool8.1% ±3.1 pp
Public transit1.5% ±1.0 pp
Walk7.1% ±2.4 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.5 pp
Work from home21.6% ±5.4 pp

Each share uses 11,021 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

11thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 89% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

99thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 99% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

96thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 96% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

2th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 98% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate20,933± — MOE
Workers age 16+11,021± 646 MOE
Workers with travel time8,644± 863 MOE
Estimated home workers2,377± 616 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.