ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MA · GEOID 25397302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Medfield, Massachusetts

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

83thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97thWork-from-home percentile

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

92thTransit percentile

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

93th60+ 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 the shares

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.