What is the average commute in Scituate CDP, Massachusetts?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 41.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Scituate CDP, Massachusetts work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 26.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.7 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · MA · GEOID 25602952024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Scituate, Massachusetts

Name: Commute estimates for Scituate CDP, Massachusetts
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 41.8 min one way; 26.6% worked from home, 57.9% drove alone, and 40.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip41.8 min±12.1 min MOE

Worked from home26.6%±4.7 pp MOE

Drove alone57.9%±7.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip40.4%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 Scituate CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.1 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute39.1 min → 41.8 min▲ 2.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home18.5% → 26.6%▲ 8.1 pp

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

Public transit6.1% → 8.1%▲ 2.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone61.7% → 57.9%▼ 3.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Scituate CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 57.9%; 8.1% used public transit and 26.6% worked from home.

Drive alone57.9% ±7.7 pp

Carpool3.2% ±2.8 pp

Public transit8.1% ±3.9 pp

Walk3.3% ±2.6 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.7 pp

Work from home26.6% ±4.7 pp

Each share uses 2,693 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Scituate CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 99th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

99^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

91^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

95^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

100^th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Scituate CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,693 workers age 16+, including 1,976 workers with reported travel time and 717 home workers.

Population estimate5,796± 593 MOE

Workers age 16+2,693± 363 MOE

Workers with travel time1,976± 323 MOE

Estimated home workers717± 159 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

Comparable Massachusetts commute records for Scituate CDP

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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