ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MA · GEOID 25465982024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

North Attleborough Town, Massachusetts

Mean one-way trip32.4 min±3.1 min MOE
Worked from home16.1%±2.7 pp MOE
Drove alone73.8%±3.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip16.7%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 commute32.7 min → 32.4 min▼ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.6% → 16.1%▲ 5.5 pp

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

Public transit4.2% → 2.8%▼ 1.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.3% → 73.8%▼ 4.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.8% ±3.6 pp
Carpool5.1% ±1.4 pp
Public transit2.8% ±0.9 pp
Walk0.8% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home16.1% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 17,132 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.

88thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 88% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

61thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

79thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

93th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate30,984± 32 MOE
Workers age 16+17,132± 683 MOE
Workers with travel time14,374± 809 MOE
Estimated home workers2,758± 471 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.