ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MA · GEOID 25013702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Amherst Town, Massachusetts

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.0 min one way; 21.0% worked from home, 40.7% drove alone, and 2.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.0 min±1.9 min MOE
Worked from home21.0%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone40.7%±3.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.9%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 Amherst Town city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.2 min → 18.0 min▼ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.8% → 21.0%▲ 5.1 pp

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

Public transit10.5% → 8.4%▼ 2.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone42.4% → 40.7%▼ 1.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Amherst Town city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 40.7%; 8.4% used public transit and 21.0% worked from home.

Drive alone40.7% ±3.4 pp
Carpool6.2% ±1.6 pp
Public transit8.4% ±2.4 pp
Walk20.4% ±2.8 pp
Bicycle2.2% ±1.2 pp
Work from home21.0% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 15,941 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Amherst Town city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 9th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

9thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 91% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

77thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

95thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

12th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 88% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Amherst Town city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 15,941 workers age 16+, including 12,597 workers with reported travel time and 3,344 home workers.

Population estimate38,182± 37 MOE
Workers age 16+15,941± 744 MOE
Workers with travel time12,597± 789 MOE
Estimated home workers3,344± 442 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 Amherst Town 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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