ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MA · GEOID 25077402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Braintree Town, Massachusetts

Mean one-way trip32.7 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home18.2%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone62.0%±3.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip16.9%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute33.4 min → 32.7 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.5% → 18.2%▲ 5.7 pp

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

Public transit12.4% → 8.7%▼ 3.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone65.6% → 62.0%▼ 3.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone62.0% ±3.0 pp
Carpool7.5% ±1.8 pp
Public transit8.7% ±1.6 pp
Walk2.5% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home18.2% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 20,885 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.

90thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 90% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

68thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 68% 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.

93th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate38,899± 38 MOE
Workers age 16+20,885± 657 MOE
Workers with travel time17,083± 748 MOE
Estimated home workers3,802± 496 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.