Data / Rankings / Mean travel time to work / Cities in Massachusetts

Cities in Massachusetts by mean travel time to work

Randolph Town, MA had the highest mean travel time to work of 53 cities in 2021, at 37.8 minutes. Pittsfield, MA had the lowest, at 16.9 minutes. The median was 28.9 minutes and the figure for Massachusetts was 29.6 minutes. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Keep it in a collection in your library.
Highest37.8Randolph Town, MA
Lowest16.9Pittsfield, MA
Median28.953 cities
Massachusetts29.6History

All cities, 2021

Randolph Town, MA: 37.8 minutesRandolph Town, MA37.8Everett, MA: 37.2 minutesEverett, MA37.2Malden, MA: 36.7 minutesMalden, MA36.7Melrose, MA: 36.2 minutesMelrose, MA36.2Franklin Town, MA: 35.3 minutesFranklin Town, MA35.3Chelsea, MA: 35.1 minutesChelsea, MA35.1Newburyport, MA: 34.6 minutesNewburyport, MA34.6Quincy, MA: 34.6 minutesQuincy, MA34.6Braintree Town, MA: 33.4 minutesBraintree Town, MA33.4Revere, MA: 33.3 minutesRevere, MA33.3Weymouth Town, MA: 32.8 minutesWeymouth Town, MA32.8North Attleborough Town, MA: 32.7 minutesNorth Attleborough Town, MA32.7Gardner, MA: 32.3 minutesGardner, MA32.3Somerville, MA: 32 minutesSomerville, MA32Winthrop Town, MA: 32 minutesWinthrop Town, MA32Brockton, MA: 31.9 minutesBrockton, MA31.9Lynn, MA: 31.8 minutesLynn, MA31.8Palmer Town, MA: 31.7 minutesPalmer Town, MA31.7Bridgewater Town, MA: 31.2 minutesBridgewater Town, MA31.2Salem, MA: 31.1 minutesSalem, MA31.1Framingham, MA: 30.8 minutesFramingham, MA30.8Marlborough, MA: 30.8 minutesMarlborough, MA30.8Beverly, MA: 30.6 minutesBeverly, MA30.6Boston, MA: 30.6 minutesBoston, MA30.6Attleboro, MA: 30.5 minutesAttleboro, MA30.5Medford, MA: 30.5 minutesMedford, MA30.5Taunton, MA: 28.9 minutesTaunton, MA28.9Leominster, MA: 27.9 minutesLeominster, MA27.9Newton, MA: 27.6 minutesNewton, MA27.6Haverhill, MA: 27.4 minutesHaverhill, MA27.4Peabody, MA: 27.3 minutesPeabody, MA27.3Southbridge Town, MA: 27.2 minutesSouthbridge Town, MA27.2Lowell, MA: 26.6 minutesLowell, MA26.6Gloucester, MA: 26.3 minutesGloucester, MA26.3Cambridge, MA: 26.2 minutesCambridge, MA26.2Fitchburg, MA: 25.8 minutesFitchburg, MA25.8New Bedford, MA: 25.7 minutesNew Bedford, MA25.7Woburn, MA: 25.6 minutesWoburn, MA25.6Fall River, MA: 25.1 minutesFall River, MA25.1Worcester, MA: 24.6 minutesWorcester, MA24.6Waltham, MA: 24.5 minutesWaltham, MA24.5Westfield, MA: 24.1 minutesWestfield, MA24.1Barnstable Town, MA: 23.9 minutesBarnstable Town, MA23.9Lawrence, MA: 22.3 minutesLawrence, MA22.3Agawam Town, MA: 22.1 minutesAgawam Town, MA22.1Northampton, MA: 21.4 minutesNorthampton, MA21.4Springfield, MA: 21.2 minutesSpringfield, MA21.2Holyoke, MA: 20.2 minutesHolyoke, MA20.2West Springfield Town, MA: 20 minutesWest Springfield Town, MA20Chicopee, MA: 19.6 minutesChicopee, MA19.6Amherst Town, MA: 19.2 minutesAmherst Town, MA19.2Greenfield, MA: 17.4 minutesGreenfield, MA17.4Pittsfield, MA: 16.9 minutesPittsfield, MA16.9Randolph Town, MA: 37.8 minutesRandolph Town, MA37.8Everett, MA: 37.2 minutesEverett, MA37.2Malden, MA: 36.7 minutesMalden, MA36.7Melrose, MA: 36.2 minutesMelrose, MA36.2Franklin Town, MA: 35.3 minutesFranklin Town, MA35.3Chelsea, MA: 35.1 minutesChelsea, MA35.1Newburyport, MA: 34.6 minutesNewburyport, MA34.6Quincy, MA: 34.6 minutesQuincy, MA34.6Braintree Town, MA: 33.4 minutesBraintree Town, MA33.4Revere, MA: 33.3 minutesRevere, MA33.3Weymouth Town, MA: 32.8 minutesWeymouth Town, MA32.8North Attleborough Town, MA: 32.7 minutesNorth Attleborough Town, MA32.7Gardner, MA: 32.3 minutesGardner, MA32.3Somerville, MA: 32 minutesSomerville, MA32Winthrop Town, MA: 32 minutesWinthrop Town, MA32Brockton, MA: 31.9 minutesBrockton, MA31.9Lynn, MA: 31.8 minutesLynn, MA31.8Palmer Town, MA: 31.7 minutesPalmer Town, MA31.7Bridgewater Town, MA: 31.2 minutesBridgewater Town, MA31.2Salem, MA: 31.1 minutesSalem, MA31.1Framingham, MA: 30.8 minutesFramingham, MA30.8Marlborough, MA: 30.8 minutesMarlborough, MA30.8Beverly, MA: 30.6 minutesBeverly, MA30.6Boston, MA: 30.6 minutesBoston, MA30.6Attleboro, MA: 30.5 minutesAttleboro, MA30.5Medford, MA: 30.5 minutesMedford, MA30.5Taunton, MA: 28.9 minutesTaunton, MA28.9Leominster, MA: 27.9 minutesLeominster, MA27.9Newton, MA: 27.6 minutesNewton, MA27.6Haverhill, MA: 27.4 minutesHaverhill, MA27.4Peabody, MA: 27.3 minutesPeabody, MA27.3Southbridge Town, MA: 27.2 minutesSouthbridge Town, MA27.2Lowell, MA: 26.6 minutesLowell, MA26.6Gloucester, MA: 26.3 minutesGloucester, MA26.3Cambridge, MA: 26.2 minutesCambridge, MA26.2Fitchburg, MA: 25.8 minutesFitchburg, MA25.8New Bedford, MA: 25.7 minutesNew Bedford, MA25.7Woburn, MA: 25.6 minutesWoburn, MA25.6Fall River, MA: 25.1 minutesFall River, MA25.1Worcester, MA: 24.6 minutesWorcester, MA24.6Waltham, MA: 24.5 minutesWaltham, MA24.5Westfield, MA: 24.1 minutesWestfield, MA24.1Barnstable Town, MA: 23.9 minutesBarnstable Town, MA23.9Lawrence, MA: 22.3 minutesLawrence, MA22.3Agawam Town, MA: 22.1 minutesAgawam Town, MA22.1Northampton, MA: 21.4 minutesNorthampton, MA21.4Springfield, MA: 21.2 minutesSpringfield, MA21.2Holyoke, MA: 20.2 minutesHolyoke, MA20.2West Springfield Town, MA: 20 minutesWest Springfield Town, MA20Chicopee, MA: 19.6 minutesChicopee, MA19.6Amherst Town, MA: 19.2 minutesAmherst Town, MA19.2Greenfield, MA: 17.4 minutesGreenfield, MA17.4Pittsfield, MA: 16.9 minutesPittsfield, MA16.9
minutes. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2021
minutes
1Randolph Town, MA Estimated37.8
2Everett, MA Estimated37.2
3Malden, MA Estimated36.7
4Melrose, MA Estimated36.2
5Franklin Town, MA Estimated35.3
6Chelsea, MA Estimated35.1
7Newburyport, MA Estimated34.6
7Quincy, MA Estimated34.6
9Braintree Town, MA Estimated33.4
10Revere, MA Estimated33.3
11Weymouth Town, MA Estimated32.8
12North Attleborough Town, MA Estimated32.7
13Gardner, MA Estimated32.3
14Somerville, MA Estimated32
14Winthrop Town, MA Estimated32
16Brockton, MA Estimated31.9
17Lynn, MA Estimated31.8
18Palmer Town, MA Estimated31.7
19Bridgewater Town, MA Estimated31.2
20Salem, MA Estimated31.1
21Framingham, MA Estimated30.8
21Marlborough, MA Estimated30.8
23Beverly, MA Estimated30.6
23Boston, MA Estimated30.6
25Attleboro, MA Estimated30.5
25Medford, MA Estimated30.5
27Taunton, MA Estimated28.9
28Leominster, MA Estimated27.9
29Newton, MA Estimated27.6
30Haverhill, MA Estimated27.4
31Peabody, MA Estimated27.3
32Southbridge Town, MA Estimated27.2
33Lowell, MA Estimated26.6
34Gloucester, MA Estimated26.3
35Cambridge, MA Estimated26.2
36Fitchburg, MA Estimated25.8
37New Bedford, MA Estimated25.7
38Woburn, MA Estimated25.6
39Fall River, MA Estimated25.1
40Worcester, MA Estimated24.6
41Waltham, MA Estimated24.5
42Westfield, MA Estimated24.1
43Barnstable Town, MA Estimated23.9
44Lawrence, MA Estimated22.3
45Agawam Town, MA Estimated22.1
46Northampton, MA Estimated21.4
47Springfield, MA Estimated21.2
48Holyoke, MA Estimated20.2
49West Springfield Town, MA Estimated20
50Chicopee, MA Estimated19.6
51Amherst Town, MA Estimated19.2
52Greenfield, MA Estimated17.4
53Pittsfield, MA Estimated16.9

Other periods

About this ranking

Mean one-way travel time to work in minutes for workers aged 16 and over who did not work from home.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. 5 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2021 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in Massachusetts by mean travel time to work, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/

MLA 9

American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Massachusetts by mean travel time to work, 2021. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/mean-travel-time-to-work/massachusetts-cities?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in Massachusetts by mean travel time to work, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/mean-travel-time-to-work/massachusetts-cities?period=2021.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Massachusetts by mean travel time to work, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/mean-travel-time-to-work/massachusetts-cities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_cities_in_massachusetts_by_2021,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Cities in Massachusetts by mean travel time to work, 2021}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/mean-travel-time-to-work/massachusetts-cities?period=2021. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Census Bureau
TI  - American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Cities in Massachusetts by mean travel time to work, 2021
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/01/29
PB  - U.S. Census Bureau
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/
L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/mean-travel-time-to-work/massachusetts-cities?period=2021
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/mean-travel-time-to-work/massachusetts-cities?period=2021.
N1  - Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Rank Cities in Massachusetts by mean travel time to work using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"mean_travel_time_to_work","level":"municipality","within":"Massachusetts","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=mean_travel_time_to_work&level=municipality&within=Massachusetts&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

Which city has the highest mean travel time to work?

Randolph Town, MA, with 37.8 minutes in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which city has the lowest mean travel time to work?

Pittsfield, MA, with 16.9 minutes in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 5 cities have no value for 2021 and are not ranked.

Mean travel time to work: other rankings

Cities in Massachusetts: more rankings