What is the average commute in Dedham CDP, Massachusetts?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Dedham CDP, Massachusetts work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 20.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.7 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 25165302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Dedham, Massachusetts

Name: Commute estimates for Dedham CDP, Massachusetts
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.3 min one way; 20.0% worked from home, 63.4% drove alone, and 8.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.3 min±2.9 min MOE

Worked from home20.0%±2.7 pp MOE

Drove alone63.4%±3.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.5%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 Dedham CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute32.3 min → 29.3 min▼ 3.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.3% → 20.0%▲ 8.7 pp

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

Public transit8.4% → 5.6%▼ 2.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.6% → 63.4%▼ 5.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Dedham CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 63.4%; 5.6% used public transit and 20.0% worked from home.

Drive alone63.4% ±3.4 pp

Carpool7.7% ±2.5 pp

Public transit5.6% ±1.3 pp

Walk2.1% ±1.0 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp

Work from home20.0% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 14,012 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Dedham CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 73th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

73^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 73% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

74^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 74% 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.

65^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Dedham CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 14,012 workers age 16+, including 11,211 workers with reported travel time and 2,801 home workers.

Population estimate25,237± 39 MOE

Workers age 16+14,012± 593 MOE

Workers with travel time11,211± 617 MOE

Estimated home workers2,801± 391 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 Dedham CDP

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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