What is the average commute in Abington CDP, Massachusetts?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 33.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Abington CDP, Massachusetts work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 15.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · MA · GEOID 25001352024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Abington, Massachusetts

Name: Commute estimates for Abington CDP, Massachusetts
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 33.2 min one way; 15.1% worked from home, 72.2% drove alone, and 14.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip33.2 min±4.5 min MOE

Worked from home15.1%±2.8 pp MOE

Drove alone72.2%±4.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip14.7%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 Abington CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute36.1 min → 33.2 min▼ 2.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.7% → 15.1%▲ 5.5 pp

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

Public transit8.2% → 3.6%▼ 4.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.0% → 72.2%▼ 4.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Abington CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.2%; 3.6% used public transit and 15.1% worked from home.

Drive alone72.2% ±4.1 pp

Carpool6.3% ±2.8 pp

Public transit3.6% ±2.3 pp

Walk0.8% ±0.8 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.7 pp

Work from home15.1% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 9,450 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Abington CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 88th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

88^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

65^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

87^thTransit percentile

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

86^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Abington CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 9,450 workers age 16+, including 8,022 workers with reported travel time and 1,428 home workers.

Population estimate17,053± 25 MOE

Workers age 16+9,450± 483 MOE

Workers with travel time8,022± 513 MOE

Estimated home workers1,428± 277 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

Comparable Massachusetts commute records for Abington CDP

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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