Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · MA · GEOID 25462252024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
North Adams, Massachusetts
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.4 min one way; 9.2% worked from home, 76.1% drove alone, and 3.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip17.4 min±2.5 min MOE
Worked from home9.2%±3.5 pp MOE
Drove alone76.1%±3.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.0%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 North Adams 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 +2.5 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 North Adams city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.1%; 0.4% used public transit and 9.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 5,442 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How North Adams city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 10th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind North Adams city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 5,442 workers age 16+, including 4,941 workers with reported travel time and 501 home workers.
Population estimate12,606± 27 MOE
Workers age 16+5,442± 422 MOE
Workers with travel time4,941± 397 MOE
Estimated home workers501± 194 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 North Adams city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.