ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MA · GEOID 25660352024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

South Yarmouth, Massachusetts

Mean one-way trip23.8 min±7.3 min MOE
Worked from home6.0%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone79.5%±5.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.4%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 commute21.4 min → 23.8 min▲ 2.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.9% → 6.0%▲ 3.1 pp

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

Public transit1.7% → 2.9%▲ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.9% → 79.5%▼ 3.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.5% ±5.6 pp
Carpool7.0% ±5.4 pp
Public transit2.9% ±1.4 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle2.0% ±2.7 pp
Work from home6.0% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 5,258 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.

43thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

19thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

84thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,552± 765 MOE
Workers age 16+5,258± 582 MOE
Workers with travel time4,942± 587 MOE
Estimated home workers316± 143 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.