ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MA · GEOID 25799502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Williamstown, Massachusetts

Mean one-way trip11.7 min±3.7 min MOE
Worked from home22.4%±5.5 pp MOE
Drove alone31.0%±8.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip0.7%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 commute12.6 min → 11.7 min▼ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.6% → 22.4%▲ 10.8 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 1.1%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone27.6% → 31.0%▲ 3.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone31.0% ±8.6 pp
Carpool3.2% ±3.9 pp
Public transit1.1% ±1.9 pp
Walk39.0% ±7.2 pp
Bicycle2.1% ±1.8 pp
Work from home22.4% ±5.5 pp

Each share uses 2,290 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.

1thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

2th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,070± 484 MOE
Workers age 16+2,290± 320 MOE
Workers with travel time1,777± 309 MOE
Estimated home workers513± 144 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.