What is the average commute in Kingston CDP, Massachusetts?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 37.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Kingston CDP, Massachusetts work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.0 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 25331852024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Kingston, Massachusetts

Name: Commute estimates for Kingston CDP, Massachusetts
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 37.8 min one way; 11.3% worked from home, 75.2% drove alone, and 22.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip37.8 min±13.9 min MOE

Worked from home11.3%±5.0 pp MOE

Drove alone75.2%±11.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip22.9%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 Kingston CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute37.2 min → 37.8 min▲ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.4% → 11.3%▲ 3.9 pp

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

Public transit2.7% → 2.8%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.9% → 75.2%▼ 6.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Kingston CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.2%; 2.8% used public transit and 11.3% worked from home.

Drive alone75.2% ±11.7 pp

Carpool9.2% ±5.7 pp

Public transit2.8% ±3.7 pp

Walk0.3% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home11.3% ±5.0 pp

Each share uses 3,667 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Kingston CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 96th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

96^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

48^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

84^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Kingston CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,667 workers age 16+, including 3,253 workers with reported travel time and 414 home workers.

Population estimate5,910± 918 MOE

Workers age 16+3,667± 715 MOE

Workers with travel time3,253± 699 MOE

Estimated home workers414± 199 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 Kingston CDP

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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