ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MA · GEOID 25825952024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.4 min one way; 18.1% worked from home, 71.6% drove alone, and 8.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.4 min±6.4 min MOE
Worked from home18.1%±5.1 pp MOE
Drove alone71.6%±5.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.3%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 Yarmouth Port CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.1 min → 24.4 min▲ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home17.9% → 18.1%▲ 0.2 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.5%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.6% → 71.6%▲ 3.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Yarmouth Port CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.6%; 0.5% used public transit and 18.1% worked from home.

Drive alone71.6% ±5.8 pp
Carpool7.1% ±4.7 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.6 pp
Walk2.1% ±1.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home18.1% ±5.1 pp

Each share uses 2,910 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Yarmouth Port CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 47th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

47thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 53% 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.

56thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

60th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Yarmouth Port CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,910 workers age 16+, including 2,383 workers with reported travel time and 527 home workers.

Population estimate5,961± 613 MOE
Workers age 16+2,910± 436 MOE
Workers with travel time2,383± 407 MOE
Estimated home workers527± 169 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 Yarmouth Port 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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