Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · MA · GEOID 25136602024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Chicopee, Massachusetts
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.3 min one way; 8.0% worked from home, 78.3% drove alone, and 4.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip21.3 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home8.0%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone78.3%±2.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.4%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 Chicopee city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.5 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Chicopee city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.3%; 1.3% used public transit and 8.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 25,570 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Chicopee city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 24th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 76% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Chicopee city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 25,570 workers age 16+, including 23,512 workers with reported travel time and 2,058 home workers.
Population estimate55,295± 43 MOE
Workers age 16+25,570± 954 MOE
Workers with travel time23,512± 1,034 MOE
Estimated home workers2,058± 458 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
All Massachusetts reports →Comparable Massachusetts commute records for Chicopee city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.