ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MA · GEOID 25542752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Plymouth, Massachusetts

Mean one-way trip25.3 min±7.5 min MOE
Worked from home17.0%±5.8 pp MOE
Drove alone67.4%±4.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.4%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 commute28.0 min → 25.3 min▼ 2.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.8% → 17.0%▲ 6.3 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 1.0%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.0% → 67.4%▼ 8.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone67.4% ±4.2 pp
Carpool8.6% ±4.9 pp
Public transit1.0% ±1.0 pp
Walk4.0% ±4.0 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.8 pp
Work from home17.0% ±5.8 pp

Each share uses 4,777 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.

53thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,918± 801 MOE
Workers age 16+4,777± 689 MOE
Workers with travel time3,963± 621 MOE
Estimated home workers814± 301 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.