ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MA · GEOID 25728452024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ware, Massachusetts

Mean one-way trip26.6 min±8.0 min MOE
Worked from home16.6%±5.0 pp MOE
Drove alone66.2%±6.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.4%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute27.2 min → 26.6 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.5% → 16.6%▲ 13.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 3.0%▲ 2.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.9% → 66.2%▼ 13.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone66.2% ±6.1 pp
Carpool9.2% ±5.7 pp
Public transit3.0% ±3.7 pp
Walk3.1% ±3.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.8 pp
Work from home16.6% ±5.0 pp

Each share uses 2,391 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.

60thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

84thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

4th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,369± 677 MOE
Workers age 16+2,391± 433 MOE
Workers with travel time1,994± 383 MOE
Estimated home workers397± 140 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.