What is the average commute in Whitinsville CDP, Massachusetts?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 37.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Whitinsville CDP, Massachusetts work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 15.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.7 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · MA · GEOID 25794952024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Whitinsville, Massachusetts

Name: Commute estimates for Whitinsville CDP, Massachusetts
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 37.0 min one way; 15.0% worked from home, 78.3% drove alone, and 21.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Whitinsville CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +4.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.7 percentage points.

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 Whitinsville CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.3%; 1.6% used public transit and 15.0% worked from home.

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

How Whitinsville CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 95th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

95^thMean commute percentile

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

64^thWork-from-home percentile

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

75^thTransit percentile

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

96^th60+ 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 Whitinsville CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,856 workers age 16+, including 3,279 workers with reported travel time and 577 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Massachusetts commute records for Whitinsville CDP

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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