What is the average commute in Spencer CDP, Massachusetts?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 34.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.5 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 25660702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Spencer, Massachusetts

Name: Commute estimates for Spencer CDP, Massachusetts
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 34.7 min one way; 10.8% worked from home, 76.4% drove alone, and 11.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip34.7 min±9.2 min MOE

Worked from home10.8%±6.5 pp MOE

Drove alone76.4%±10.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip11.7%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 Spencer CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute32.9 min → 34.7 min▲ 1.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.1% → 10.8%▲ 6.6 pp

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

Public transit3.3% → 0.8%▼ 2.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.6% → 76.4%▼ 5.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Spencer CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.4%; 0.8% used public transit and 10.8% worked from home.

Drive alone76.4% ±10.1 pp

Carpool12.1% ±7.5 pp

Public transit0.8% ±1.3 pp

Walk0.0% ±0.7 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp

Work from home10.8% ±6.5 pp

Each share uses 2,703 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Spencer CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 92th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

92^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

46^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

63^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Spencer CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,703 workers age 16+, including 2,412 workers with reported travel time and 291 home workers.

Population estimate5,661± 550 MOE

Workers age 16+2,703± 426 MOE

Workers with travel time2,412± 452 MOE

Estimated home workers291± 182 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 Spencer 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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