Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · MA · GEOID 25370002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Lowell, Massachusetts
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.9 min one way; 10.6% worked from home, 71.0% drove alone, and 9.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip27.9 min±1.5 min MOE
Worked from home10.6%±1.3 pp MOE
Drove alone71.0%±2.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.2%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 Lowell city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.8 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Lowell city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.0%; 1.6% used public transit and 10.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 59,205 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Lowell city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 71th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 71% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Lowell city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 59,205 workers age 16+, including 52,916 workers with reported travel time and 6,289 home workers.
Population estimate118,368± 49 MOE
Workers age 16+59,205± 1,559 MOE
Workers with travel time52,916± 1,780 MOE
Estimated home workers6,289± 763 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
All Massachusetts reports →Comparable Massachusetts commute records for Lowell city
These 7 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.