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Counties With the Shortest Commute in Massachusetts (2026)

Nantucket has the lowest commute time of any county in Massachusetts, at 16.0 min, followed by Dukes and Berkshire. Source: Census ACS 5-Year, 2020-2024. The full ranking of the top 14 counties is below.

Data updated 2024 - Source: Census ACS 5-Year

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Shortest counties for commute time in Massachusetts

Top 14 of 14 counties with data.

Ranked by avg commute time (Census ACS 5-Year, 2020-2024), lowest first.

Shortest counties for commute time in Massachusetts
RankCountyValue
1Nantucket16.0 min
2Dukes16.4 min
3Berkshire21.2 min
4Hampden22.7 min
5Hampshire23.2 min
6Franklin23.8 min
7Barnstable24.8 min
8Essex28.5 min
9Bristol28.5 min
10Worcester29.2 min
11Middlesex29.9 min
12Suffolk30.9 min
13Norfolk32.5 min
14Plymouth32.5 min

How this ranking works

This page ranks Massachusetts counties by avg commute time, sorted so the shortest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For commute time, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh commute time against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of avg commute time.

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