What is the average commute in Stoneham CDP, Massachusetts?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 24.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.6 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 25677002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Stoneham, Massachusetts

Name: Commute estimates for Stoneham CDP, Massachusetts
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.8 min one way; 24.6% worked from home, 66.8% drove alone, and 11.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.8 min±3.1 min MOE

Worked from home24.6%±3.6 pp MOE

Drove alone66.8%±3.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip11.4%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 Stoneham CDP'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 +14.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.8 min → 27.8 min▼ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.9% → 24.6%▲ 14.7 pp

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

Public transit6.2% → 2.5%▼ 3.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.5% → 66.8%▼ 9.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Stoneham CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.8%; 2.5% used public transit and 24.6% worked from home.

Drive alone66.8% ±3.8 pp

Carpool4.6% ±1.4 pp

Public transit2.5% ±1.1 pp

Walk1.0% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp

Work from home24.6% ±3.6 pp

Each share uses 12,612 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Stoneham CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 67th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

67^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88^thWork-from-home percentile

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

82^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Stoneham CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 12,612 workers age 16+, including 9,515 workers with reported travel time and 3,097 home workers.

Population estimate23,355± 48 MOE

Workers age 16+12,612± 632 MOE

Workers with travel time9,515± 641 MOE

Estimated home workers3,097± 483 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 Stoneham 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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