Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · MA · GEOID 250132024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Hampden County, Massachusetts
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.7 min one way; 10.5% worked from home, 76.0% drove alone, and 5.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip22.7 min±0.6 min MOE
Worked from home10.5%±0.6 pp MOE
Drove alone76.0%±1.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.0%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 Hampden County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.1 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 Hampden County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.0%; 1.6% used public transit and 10.5% worked from home.
Each share uses 209,421 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Hampden County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 39th 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 61% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 63% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 87% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 62% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Hampden County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 209,421 workers age 16+, including 187,492 workers with reported travel time and 21,929 home workers.
Population estimate462,815± — MOE
Workers age 16+209,421± 2,641 MOE
Workers with travel time187,492± 2,881 MOE
Estimated home workers21,929± 1,262 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 Hampden County
These 3 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.