Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · MA · GEOID 25660352024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
South Yarmouth, Massachusetts
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.8 min one way; 6.0% worked from home, 79.5% drove alone, and 9.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
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 South Yarmouth CDP's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.1 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 South Yarmouth CDP residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.5%; 2.9% used public transit and 6.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 5,258 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How South Yarmouth CDP compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 43th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind South Yarmouth CDP's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 5,258 workers age 16+, including 4,942 workers with reported travel time and 316 home workers.
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.
05 / SAME STATE
All Massachusetts reports →Comparable Massachusetts commute records for South Yarmouth CDP
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.