Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · MA · GEOID 25455602024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Newton, Massachusetts
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.6 min one way; 32.2% worked from home, 47.5% drove alone, and 7.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip26.6 min±1.5 min MOE
Worked from home32.2%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone47.5%±1.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.6%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 Newton city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +11.5 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 Newton city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 47.5%; 7.7% used public transit and 32.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 45,931 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Newton city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 58th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 58% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Newton city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 45,931 workers age 16+, including 31,145 workers with reported travel time and 14,786 home workers.
Population estimate89,044± 48 MOE
Workers age 16+45,931± 1,132 MOE
Workers with travel time31,145± 1,185 MOE
Estimated home workers14,786± 975 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 Newton city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.