ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MA · GEOID 25331852024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Kingston, Massachusetts

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

96thMean commute percentile

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

48thWork-from-home percentile

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

84thTransit percentile

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

96th60+ 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 the shares

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.