ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MA · GEOID 25756802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

West Concord, Massachusetts

Mean one-way trip32.3 min±11.7 min MOE
Worked from home32.3%±6.7 pp MOE
Drove alone51.7%±11.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip17.5%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 commute34.5 min → 32.3 min▼ 2.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home17.6% → 32.3%▲ 14.7 pp

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

Public transit5.5% → 7.4%▲ 1.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.2% → 51.7%▼ 18.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone51.7% ±11.6 pp
Carpool2.5% ±2.6 pp
Public transit7.4% ±4.2 pp
Walk4.1% ±2.6 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.9 pp
Work from home32.3% ±6.7 pp

Each share uses 2,326 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.

85thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

94thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

91th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,876± 604 MOE
Workers age 16+2,326± 377 MOE
Workers with travel time1,574± 370 MOE
Estimated home workers752± 197 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.