What is the average commute in Amesbury city, Massachusetts?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Amesbury city, Massachusetts work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 17.4%, 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 25011852024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Amesbury, Massachusetts

Name: Commute estimates for Amesbury city, Massachusetts
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.0 min one way; 17.4% worked from home, 71.2% drove alone, and 11.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.0 min±3.2 min MOE

Worked from home17.4%±2.8 pp MOE

Drove alone71.2%±3.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip11.4%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 Amesbury city's published commute estimate?

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

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

Mean commutenan min → 29.0 min— nan min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from homenan% → 17.4%— nan pp

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

Public transitnan% → 0.9%— nan pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alonenan% → 71.2%— nan pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Amesbury city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.2%; 0.9% used public transit and 17.4% worked from home.

Drive alone71.2% ±3.7 pp

Carpool6.9% ±2.3 pp

Public transit0.9% ±0.6 pp

Walk2.1% ±1.1 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp

Work from home17.4% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 9,471 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Amesbury city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 73th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

73^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

72^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Amesbury city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 9,471 workers age 16+, including 7,825 workers with reported travel time and 1,646 home workers.

Population estimate17,403± 31 MOE

Workers age 16+9,471± 483 MOE

Workers with travel time7,825± 504 MOE

Estimated home workers1,646± 275 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 Amesbury city

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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