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

Title Mean Commuting Time for Workers (5-year estimate) in Worcester County, MA
Series ID B080ACS025027
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 26.961945872721067
2010-01-01 27.041970085296230
2011-01-01 27.288880675732912
2012-01-01 27.566578764149753
2013-01-01 27.917816467487864
2014-01-01 27.978038641951910
2015-01-01 28.346480390293355
2016-01-01 28.579282165817820
2017-01-01 28.670687603597800
2018-01-01 29.214869449013158
2019-01-01 29.713827651204720
2020-01-01 29.778679458886995
2021-01-01 29.562279387821558
2022-01-01 29.330427252190816

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