What is the average commute in Watertown city, Massachusetts?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Watertown city, Massachusetts work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 29.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8 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 25734052024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Watertown, Massachusetts

Name: Commute estimates for Watertown city, Massachusetts
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.6 min one way; 29.1% worked from home, 49.7% drove alone, and 7.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.6 min±2.3 min MOE

Worked from home29.1%±2.8 pp MOE

Drove alone49.7%±2.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip7.1%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 Watertown city's published commute estimate?

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

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

Mean commutenan min → 27.6 min— nan min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from homenan% → 29.1%— nan pp

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

Public transitnan% → 6.6%— nan pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alonenan% → 49.7%— nan pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Watertown city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 49.7%; 6.6% used public transit and 29.1% worked from home.

Drive alone49.7% ±2.7 pp

Carpool6.6% ±1.5 pp

Public transit6.6% ±1.4 pp

Walk4.4% ±1.1 pp

Bicycle2.2% ±0.7 pp

Work from home29.1% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 20,846 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Watertown city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 64th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

64^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 64% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

93^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

93^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

55^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Watertown city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 20,846 workers age 16+, including 14,786 workers with reported travel time and 6,060 home workers.

Population estimate35,543± 33 MOE

Workers age 16+20,846± 678 MOE

Workers with travel time14,786± 694 MOE

Estimated home workers6,060± 617 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 Watertown city

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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