ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MA · GEOID 25011852024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Amesbury, Massachusetts

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

73thMean commute percentile

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

72thWork-from-home percentile

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

66thTransit percentile

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

77th60+ 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 the shares

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.