What is the average commute in Gardner city, Massachusetts?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 30.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 13.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.6 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 25254852024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Gardner, Massachusetts

Name: Commute estimates for Gardner city, Massachusetts
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.5 min one way; 13.3% worked from home, 68.8% drove alone, and 14.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip30.5 min±4.5 min MOE

Worked from home13.3%±3.6 pp MOE

Drove alone68.8%±4.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip14.0%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 Gardner 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 +5.7 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 → 30.5 min▼ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.7% → 13.3%▲ 5.7 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 1.7%▲ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.7% → 68.8%▼ 5.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Gardner city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.8%; 1.7% used public transit and 13.3% worked from home.

Drive alone68.8% ±4.9 pp

Carpool10.5% ±4.8 pp

Public transit1.7% ±1.7 pp

Walk2.7% ±1.4 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp

Work from home13.3% ±3.6 pp

Each share uses 9,426 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Gardner city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 79th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

79^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

58^thWork-from-home percentile

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

77^thTransit percentile

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

84^th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Gardner city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 9,426 workers age 16+, including 8,170 workers with reported travel time and 1,256 home workers.

Population estimate21,148± 23 MOE

Workers age 16+9,426± 573 MOE

Workers with travel time8,170± 612 MOE

Estimated home workers1,256± 347 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 Gardner 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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