What is the average commute in Medfield CDP, Massachusetts?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 31.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 32.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.5 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 25397302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Medfield, Massachusetts

Name: Commute estimates for Medfield CDP, Massachusetts
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.5 min one way; 32.8% worked from home, 51.8% drove alone, and 19.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip31.5 min±8.6 min MOE

Worked from home32.8%±6.5 pp MOE

Drove alone51.8%±6.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip19.1%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 Medfield CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -4.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.2 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 → 31.5 min▼ 4.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home25.7% → 32.8%▲ 7.2 pp

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

Public transit4.9% → 6.0%▲ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone66.1% → 51.8%▼ 14.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Medfield CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 51.8%; 6.0% used public transit and 32.8% worked from home.

Drive alone51.8% ±6.2 pp

Carpool4.0% ±2.9 pp

Public transit6.0% ±2.7 pp

Walk2.6% ±1.7 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home32.8% ±6.5 pp

Each share uses 3,613 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Medfield CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 83th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

83^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 83% 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.

92^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

93^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Medfield CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,613 workers age 16+, including 2,427 workers with reported travel time and 1,186 home workers.

Population estimate6,849± 842 MOE

Workers age 16+3,613± 488 MOE

Workers with travel time2,427± 395 MOE

Estimated home workers1,186± 285 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 Medfield 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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