ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MA · GEOID 25810052024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Winthrop Town, Massachusetts

Mean one-way trip34.8 min±4.4 min MOE
Worked from home18.2%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone52.8%±3.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip16.0%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 commute32.0 min → 34.8 min▲ 2.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.0% → 18.2%▲ 8.2 pp

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

Public transit17.4% → 16.9%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone57.8% → 52.8%▼ 4.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone52.8% ±3.6 pp
Carpool7.7% ±2.7 pp
Public transit16.9% ±3.5 pp
Walk2.6% ±1.5 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home18.2% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 9,754 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.

92thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

74thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

89th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate18,759± 48 MOE
Workers age 16+9,754± 492 MOE
Workers with travel time7,978± 541 MOE
Estimated home workers1,776± 306 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.