ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MA · GEOID 25794952024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Whitinsville, Massachusetts

Mean one-way trip37.0 min±10.1 min MOE
Worked from home15.0%±6.7 pp MOE
Drove alone78.3%±7.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip21.9%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 commute32.4 min → 37.0 min▲ 4.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.3% → 15.0%▲ 4.7 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 1.6%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.4% → 78.3%▼ 4.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.3% ±7.2 pp
Carpool3.6% ±4.1 pp
Public transit1.6% ±1.3 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home15.0% ±6.7 pp

Each share uses 3,856 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.

95thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

64thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,115± 733 MOE
Workers age 16+3,856± 642 MOE
Workers with travel time3,279± 626 MOE
Estimated home workers577± 276 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.