ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MA · GEOID 25778902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

West Springfield Town, Massachusetts

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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute20.0 min → 19.3 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.7% → 10.4%▲ 2.7 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.3%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.2% → 81.0%▼ 4.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone81.0% ±3.2 pp
Carpool5.9% ±2.1 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.7% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home10.4% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 14,619 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.

14thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 86% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

32thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

27thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

1th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 99% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

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.