ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MA · GEOID 25691702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Taunton, Massachusetts

Mean one-way trip29.3 min±1.8 min MOE
Worked from home8.0%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone80.0%±1.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.8%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute28.9 min → 29.3 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.7% → 8.0%▲ 4.4 pp

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

Public transit1.0% → 0.5%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.5% → 80.0%▼ 1.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.0% ±1.9 pp
Carpool8.3% ±1.4 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.3 pp
Walk1.7% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.3 pp
Work from home8.0% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 30,348 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

73thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 73% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

18thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

36thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

77th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate60,433± 50 MOE
Workers age 16+30,348± 991 MOE
Workers with travel time27,910± 988 MOE
Estimated home workers2,438± 451 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.