What is the average commute in Adams CDP, Massachusetts?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 23.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 7.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.6 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 25005902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Adams, Massachusetts

Name: Commute estimates for Adams CDP, Massachusetts
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.7 min one way; 7.9% worked from home, 86.5% drove alone, and 4.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.7 min±5.5 min MOE

Worked from home7.9%±3.6 pp MOE

Drove alone86.5%±5.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.6%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 Adams CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.0 min → 23.7 min▼ 3.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.6% → 7.9%▲ 1.3 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.6%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.5% → 86.5%▲ 9.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Adams CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 86.5%; 0.6% used public transit and 7.9% worked from home.

Drive alone86.5% ±5.8 pp

Carpool4.5% ±3.3 pp

Public transit0.6% ±0.6 pp

Walk0.0% ±0.1 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.8 pp

Work from home7.9% ±3.6 pp

Each share uses 2,481 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Adams CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 43th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

43^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

30^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

58^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

32^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Adams CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,481 workers age 16+, including 2,285 workers with reported travel time and 196 home workers.

Population estimate5,427± 366 MOE

Workers age 16+2,481± 335 MOE

Workers with travel time2,285± 325 MOE

Estimated home workers196± 93 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 Adams 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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