Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · MA · GEOID 25557452024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Quincy, Massachusetts
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 34.7 min one way; 21.2% worked from home, 50.2% drove alone, and 17.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip34.7 min±2.0 min MOE
Worked from home21.2%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone50.2%±2.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip17.3%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 Quincy city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.5 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 Quincy city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 50.2%; 16.3% used public transit and 21.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 57,038 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Quincy city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 96th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 96% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Quincy city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 57,038 workers age 16+, including 44,950 workers with reported travel time and 12,088 home workers.
Population estimate102,114± 45 MOE
Workers age 16+57,038± 1,331 MOE
Workers with travel time44,950± 1,403 MOE
Estimated home workers12,088± 1,072 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 Quincy city
These 7 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.