ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MA · GEOID 25193652024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Easthampton, Massachusetts

Mean one-way trip22.3 min±3.3 min MOE
Worked from home19.0%±3.2 pp MOE
Drove alone70.6%±5.4 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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commutenan min → 22.3 min— nan min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from homenan% → 19.0%— nan pp

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

Public transitnan% → 0.6%— nan pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alonenan% → 70.6%— nan pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.6% ±5.4 pp
Carpool4.5% ±2.7 pp
Public transit0.6% ±0.6 pp
Walk3.2% ±2.0 pp
Bicycle1.9% ±1.4 pp
Work from home19.0% ±3.2 pp

Each share uses 8,461 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.

34thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77thWork-from-home percentile

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

58thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

16th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate16,086± 43 MOE
Workers age 16+8,461± 591 MOE
Workers with travel time6,856± 624 MOE
Estimated home workers1,605± 292 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.