What is the average commute in Wilmington CDP, Massachusetts?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 30.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 19.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.3 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 25801952024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wilmington, Massachusetts

Name: Commute estimates for Wilmington CDP, Massachusetts
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.3 min one way; 19.7% worked from home, 70.5% drove alone, and 11.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip30.3 min±3.6 min MOE

Worked from home19.7%±2.3 pp MOE

Drove alone70.5%±3.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip11.7%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 Wilmington CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute30.4 min → 30.3 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.8% → 19.7%▲ 7.9 pp

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

Public transit5.1% → 3.2%▼ 1.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.3% → 70.5%▼ 4.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Wilmington CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.5%; 3.2% used public transit and 19.7% worked from home.

Drive alone70.5% ±3.2 pp

Carpool4.2% ±1.5 pp

Public transit3.2% ±1.2 pp

Walk0.9% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp

Work from home19.7% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 12,561 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Wilmington CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 78th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

78^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

79^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

86^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Wilmington CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 12,561 workers age 16+, including 10,081 workers with reported travel time and 2,480 home workers.

Population estimate23,336± 47 MOE

Workers age 16+12,561± 690 MOE

Workers with travel time10,081± 680 MOE

Estimated home workers2,480± 318 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 Wilmington 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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