What is the average commute in Framingham city, Massachusetts?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 30.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 19.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.2 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 25249602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Framingham, Massachusetts

Name: Commute estimates for Framingham city, Massachusetts
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.4 min one way; 19.6% worked from home, 60.5% drove alone, and 14.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip30.4 min±2.2 min MOE

Worked from home19.6%±2.2 pp MOE

Drove alone60.5%±2.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip14.1%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 Framingham city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute30.8 min → 30.4 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.8% → 19.6%▲ 5.8 pp

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

Public transit4.1% → 2.4%▼ 1.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.7% → 60.5%▼ 7.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Framingham city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 60.5%; 2.4% used public transit and 19.6% worked from home.

Drive alone60.5% ±2.7 pp

Carpool6.0% ±1.2 pp

Public transit2.4% ±0.7 pp

Walk2.8% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.7% ±0.5 pp

Work from home19.6% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 39,089 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Framingham city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 80th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

80^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 80% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

73^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

76^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

87^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Framingham city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 39,089 workers age 16+, including 31,428 workers with reported travel time and 7,661 home workers.

Population estimate72,399± 45 MOE

Workers age 16+39,089± 1,226 MOE

Workers with travel time31,428± 1,372 MOE

Estimated home workers7,661± 879 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 Framingham 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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