Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · MA · GEOID 25760302024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Westfield, Massachusetts
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.5 min one way; 8.6% worked from home, 78.3% drove alone, and 9.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip26.5 min±2.3 min MOE
Worked from home8.6%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone78.3%±2.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.1%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 Westfield city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.0 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 Westfield city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.3%; 2.1% used public transit and 8.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 20,051 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Westfield city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 57th 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 higher than about 57% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Westfield city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 20,051 workers age 16+, including 18,322 workers with reported travel time and 1,729 home workers.
Population estimate40,378± 33 MOE
Workers age 16+20,051± 896 MOE
Workers with travel time18,322± 879 MOE
Estimated home workers1,729± 445 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 Westfield city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.