What is the average commute in Holyoke city, Massachusetts?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 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 25308402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Holyoke, Massachusetts

Name: Commute estimates for Holyoke city, Massachusetts
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.3 min one way; 11.1% worked from home, 72.6% drove alone, and 2.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.3 min±1.8 min MOE

Worked from home11.1%±2.5 pp MOE

Drove alone72.6%±3.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.7%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 Holyoke city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.2 min → 19.3 min▼ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.9% → 11.1%▲ 4.2 pp

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

Public transit2.9% → 3.4%▲ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.0% → 72.6%▼ 2.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Holyoke city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.6%; 3.4% used public transit and 11.1% worked from home.

Drive alone72.6% ±3.3 pp

Carpool8.1% ±2.3 pp

Public transit3.4% ±1.9 pp

Walk2.9% ±1.3 pp

Bicycle0.5% ±0.4 pp

Work from home11.1% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 14,908 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Holyoke city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 14th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

14^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 86% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

37^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

83^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

8^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 92% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Holyoke city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 14,908 workers age 16+, including 13,249 workers with reported travel time and 1,659 home workers.

Population estimate37,813± 39 MOE

Workers age 16+14,908± 801 MOE

Workers with travel time13,249± 729 MOE

Estimated home workers1,659± 389 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 Holyoke 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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