Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · MA · GEOID 25670002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Springfield, Massachusetts
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.2 min one way; 8.4% worked from home, 72.0% drove alone, and 3.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip20.2 min±1.0 min MOE
Worked from home8.4%±0.9 pp MOE
Drove alone72.0%±1.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.2%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 Springfield city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.8 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 Springfield city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.0%; 2.6% used public transit and 8.4% worked from home.
Each share uses 62,440 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Springfield city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 20th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 80% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 85% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Springfield city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 62,440 workers age 16+, including 57,205 workers with reported travel time and 5,235 home workers.
Population estimate154,749± 56 MOE
Workers age 16+62,440± 1,599 MOE
Workers with travel time57,205± 1,659 MOE
Estimated home workers5,235± 596 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 Springfield city
These 7 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.