What is the average commute in Beverly city, Massachusetts?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 30.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 22.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.4 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 25055952024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Beverly, Massachusetts

Name: Commute estimates for Beverly city, Massachusetts
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.0 min one way; 22.3% worked from home, 60.6% drove alone, and 15.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip30.0 min±2.8 min MOE

Worked from home22.3%±2.4 pp MOE

Drove alone60.6%±3.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip15.5%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 Beverly city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute30.6 min → 30.0 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.4% → 22.3%▲ 8.9 pp

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

Public transit7.5% → 5.3%▼ 2.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone65.8% → 60.6%▼ 5.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Beverly city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 60.6%; 5.3% used public transit and 22.3% worked from home.

Drive alone60.6% ±3.4 pp

Carpool4.9% ±1.1 pp

Public transit5.3% ±1.3 pp

Walk4.7% ±1.5 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home22.3% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 22,488 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Beverly city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 77th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

77^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 77% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

80^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

90^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

90^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Beverly city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 22,488 workers age 16+, including 17,466 workers with reported travel time and 5,022 home workers.

Population estimate42,665± 49 MOE

Workers age 16+22,488± 923 MOE

Workers with travel time17,466± 915 MOE

Estimated home workers5,022± 584 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 Beverly 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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