ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MA · GEOID 25633452024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Southbridge Town, Massachusetts

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.3 min one way; 4.8% worked from home, 76.2% drove alone, and 10.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.3 min±3.7 min MOE
Worked from home4.8%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone76.2%±4.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.1%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 Southbridge Town city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -1.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.2 min → 28.3 min▲ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.0% → 4.8%▼ 1.2 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.4% → 76.2%▼ 0.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Southbridge Town city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 4.8% worked from home.

Drive alone76.2% ±4.5 pp
Carpool10.9% ±3.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp
Walk4.8% ±1.9 pp
Bicycle0.9% ±1.2 pp
Work from home4.8% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 8,738 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Southbridge Town city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 69th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

69thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

12thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

38thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Southbridge Town city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,738 workers age 16+, including 8,316 workers with reported travel time and 422 home workers.

Population estimate17,928± 32 MOE
Workers age 16+8,738± 567 MOE
Workers with travel time8,316± 565 MOE
Estimated home workers422± 137 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 Southbridge Town city

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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