ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MA · GEOID 25008402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Agawam Town, Massachusetts

Mean one-way trip22.4 min±2.0 min MOE
Worked from home11.0%±2.7 pp MOE
Drove alone81.0%±3.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.0%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute22.1 min → 22.4 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.9% → 11.0%▲ 2.1 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.3%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.2% → 81.0%▼ 4.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone81.0% ±3.4 pp
Carpool6.0% ±2.2 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home11.0% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 14,063 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

30thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 70% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

36thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

27thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

24th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 76% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate28,539± 44 MOE
Workers age 16+14,063± 608 MOE
Workers with travel time12,516± 637 MOE
Estimated home workers1,547± 391 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.