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Table Data - Mean Commuting Time for Workers (5-year estimate) in Middlesex County, MA

Title Mean Commuting Time for Workers (5-year estimate) in Middlesex County, MA
Series ID B080ACS025017
Source U.S. Census Bureau
Release Mean Commute Time (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Annual
Units Minutes
Date Range 2009-01-01 to 2022-01-01
Last Updated 2023-12-07 11:26 AM CST
Notes Mean commuting time is calculated by dividing the aggregate travel time to work for all workers (in minutes) by the total number of workers, 16-years old and older, who commute (ACS 5-year variables B08013_001E from table B08013 and B08012_001E from table B08012, respectively).

Multiyear estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS) are "period" estimates derived from a data sample collected over a period of time, as opposed to "point-in-time" estimates such as those from past decennial censuses. ACS 5-year estimate includes data collected over a 60-month period. The date of the data is the end of the 5-year period. For example, a value dated 2014 represents data from 2010 to 2014. However, they do not describe any specific day, month, or year within that time period.

Multiyear estimates require some considerations that single-year estimates do not. For example, multiyear estimates released in consecutive years consist mostly of overlapping years and shared data. The 2010–2014 ACS 5-year estimates share sample data from 2011 through 2014 with the 2011–2015 ACS 5-year estimates. Because of this overlap, users should use extreme caution in making comparisons with consecutive years of multiyear estimates.

Please see "Section 3: Understanding and Using ACS Single-Year and Multiyear Estimates" on publication page 13 (file page 19) of the 2018 ACS General Handbook for a more thorough clarification.
DATE VALUE
2009-01-01 27.420876948858776
2010-01-01 27.694228399867780
2011-01-01 27.985843902902474
2012-01-01 28.187487310187116
2013-01-01 28.397814463609436
2014-01-01 28.877862244328075
2015-01-01 29.331538100082103
2016-01-01 29.910231958893620
2017-01-01 30.268391190378868
2018-01-01 30.940887567258610
2019-01-01 31.350865301570990
2020-01-01 31.148525007964320
2021-01-01 30.743540251530030
2022-01-01 30.492508279136857

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