Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · MA · GEOID 25778902024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
West Springfield Town, Massachusetts
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.3 min one way; 10.4% worked from home, 81.0% drove alone, and 1.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip19.3 min±1.9 min MOE
Worked from home10.4%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone81.0%±3.2 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 West Springfield Town city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.7 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How West Springfield Town city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.0%; 0.3% used public transit and 10.4% worked from home.
Each share uses 14,619 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How West Springfield Town city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 14th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 86% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 99% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind West Springfield Town city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 14,619 workers age 16+, including 13,099 workers with reported travel time and 1,520 home workers.
Population estimate28,772± 42 MOE
Workers age 16+14,619± 716 MOE
Workers with travel time13,099± 752 MOE
Estimated home workers1,520± 357 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
All Massachusetts reports →Comparable Massachusetts commute records for West Springfield Town city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.