ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · MA · GEOID 250192024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Nantucket County, Massachusetts

Mean one-way trip16.0 min±2.8 min MOE
Worked from home13.0%±3.8 pp MOE
Drove alone67.9%±5.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.9%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 commute13.8 min → 16.0 min▲ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.0% → 13.0%▲ 6.0 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.7%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.7% → 67.9%▼ 5.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone67.9% ±5.1 pp
Carpool6.0% ±2.5 pp
Public transit0.7% ±0.9 pp
Walk6.4% ±2.6 pp
Bicycle4.5% ±3.6 pp
Work from home13.0% ±3.8 pp

Each share uses 8,095 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.

10thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 90% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

90thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 90% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

87thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 87% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

3th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 97% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate14,483± — MOE
Workers age 16+8,095± 428 MOE
Workers with travel time7,046± 463 MOE
Estimated home workers1,049± 310 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.