What is the average commute in The Pinehills CDP, Massachusetts?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 38.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 34.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 10.2 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 25695852024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

The Pinehills, Massachusetts

Name: Commute estimates for The Pinehills CDP, Massachusetts
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 38.1 min one way; 34.5% worked from home, 57.3% drove alone, and 29.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip38.1 min±13.8 min MOE

Worked from home34.5%±10.2 pp MOE

Drove alone57.3%±9.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip29.2%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 The Pinehills CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +10.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute41.1 min → 38.1 min▼ 3.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home24.3% → 34.5%▲ 10.3 pp

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

Public transit3.9% → 3.3%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone55.3% → 57.3%▲ 2.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How The Pinehills CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 57.3%; 3.3% used public transit and 34.5% worked from home.

Drive alone57.3% ±9.3 pp

Carpool2.7% ±4.0 pp

Public transit3.3% ±3.1 pp

Walk2.3% ±2.9 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±1.3 pp

Work from home34.5% ±10.2 pp

Each share uses 1,506 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How The Pinehills CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 96th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

96^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

86^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind The Pinehills CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,506 workers age 16+, including 986 workers with reported travel time and 520 home workers.

Population estimate5,282± 585 MOE

Workers age 16+1,506± 285 MOE

Workers with travel time986± 226 MOE

Estimated home workers520± 183 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 The Pinehills 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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