ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MA · GEOID 25270602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Greenfield, Massachusetts

Mean one-way trip17.4 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home11.9%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone70.1%±3.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.2%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 commute17.4 min → 17.4 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.8% → 11.9%▲ 2.1 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.7%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.0% → 70.1%▼ 2.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.1% ±3.3 pp
Carpool10.2% ±3.1 pp
Public transit0.7% ±0.7 pp
Walk5.7% ±2.4 pp
Bicycle0.8% ±0.9 pp
Work from home11.9% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 8,048 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.

10thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

51thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

61thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

10th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate17,664± 24 MOE
Workers age 16+8,048± 416 MOE
Workers with travel time7,092± 445 MOE
Estimated home workers956± 203 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.