Mean Commute Time in Essex County, MA

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Mean Commute Time
31.7 min +14.8% vs nat'l
Rank #639 of 3,222
80th percentile

How Essex County Compares

Essex County
31.7 min
Massachusetts Average
31.7 min
Rank #6 of 14 in state
National
27.6 min
14.8% above

National Distribution

Where Essex County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for mean commute time.

3.7 min 49.1 min

■ Essex County: 31.7 min

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#636 Lonoke County, AR 31.7 min
#637 Tuscola County, MI 31.7 min
#638 Greene County, IN 31.7 min
#639 Essex County, MA 31.7 min
#640 Sumner County, TN 31.7 min
#641 Austin County, TX 31.7 min
#642 Rhea County, TN 31.7 min
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Mean Commute Time in Essex County, Massachusetts

Essex County, Massachusetts has a mean commute time of 31.7 min, which ranks #639 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 14.8% above the national value of 27.6 min.

Within Massachusetts, Essex County ranks #6 of 14 out of 14 counties. This places it in the 80th percentile nationally.

Estimated mean travel time to work in minutes for workers aged 16+. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.

About this data

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.