What is the average commute in Marblehead CDP, Massachusetts?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 32.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 34.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.6 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 25384352024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Marblehead, Massachusetts

Name: Commute estimates for Marblehead CDP, Massachusetts
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 32.9 min one way; 34.0% worked from home, 51.4% drove alone, and 23.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip32.9 min±4.0 min MOE

Worked from home34.0%±3.6 pp MOE

Drove alone51.4%±3.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip23.9%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 Marblehead CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +13.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute36.5 min → 32.9 min▼ 3.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home21.0% → 34.0%▲ 13.0 pp

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

Public transit8.1% → 5.4%▼ 2.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone60.5% → 51.4%▼ 9.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Marblehead CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 51.4%; 5.4% used public transit and 34.0% worked from home.

Drive alone51.4% ±3.9 pp

Carpool5.2% ±2.1 pp

Public transit5.4% ±2.1 pp

Walk2.7% ±1.2 pp

Bicycle0.5% ±0.3 pp

Work from home34.0% ±3.6 pp

Each share uses 10,443 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Marblehead CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 87th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

87^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

91^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Marblehead CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 10,443 workers age 16+, including 6,896 workers with reported travel time and 3,547 home workers.

Population estimate20,413± 24 MOE

Workers age 16+10,443± 473 MOE

Workers with travel time6,896± 512 MOE

Estimated home workers3,547± 410 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 Marblehead 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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