Framingham Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Framingham, Massachusetts: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.

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Commute Time Burden in Framingham: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Framingham spend about 60 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 251 hours, about 10.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 18% more time on the road than the Massachusetts average of 25.6 minutes each way, a difference of 4.6 minutes.

Framingham holds about 1.0% of Massachusetts's population but accounts for roughly 1.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Framingham would save about 100 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,114 at the same national wage assumption used above.

Area	One-Way Commute	Daily Round-Trip	Yearly Time Spent	Estimated Yearly Cost	Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Framingham	30.1 min	60.3 min	251 hrs/yr	$7,785	3,312
Massachusetts	25.6 min	51.1 min	213 hrs/yr	$6,603	2,164
United States	22.4 min	44.8 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,790	1,355

The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day on non-highway roads, come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.

Framingham Commute Map

On average, it takes 30.1 minutes to get to work in Framingham. That's 34% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 19.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Framingham

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Framingham, versus 0.1% in Massachusetts.

Commute Mode Trends in Framingham, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Framingham get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.

Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Other	Walked	Public Transportation	Taxi	Bicycle	Motorcycle
2009	87.5%	3.4%	1.6%	3.6%	3.3%	0.0%	0.4%	0.1%
2010	87.2%	3.5%	1.3%	3.8%	3.5%	0.1%	0.4%	0.1%
2011	87.0%	4.0%	1.0%	3.8%	3.6%	0.1%	0.5%	0.1%
2012	87.7%	3.2%	0.8%	4.1%	3.8%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%
2013	87.6%	3.2%	0.9%	4.0%	3.7%	0.1%	0.4%	0.0%
2014	87.2%	3.5%	1.1%	3.7%	4.0%	0.1%	0.3%	0.0%
2015	87.3%	3.5%	1.1%	3.7%	3.9%	0.1%	0.3%	0.1%
2016	86.4%	4.1%	1.4%	3.8%	3.8%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%
2017	85.6%	4.9%	1.8%	3.2%	4.0%	0.1%	0.3%	0.1%
2018	84.6%	5.3%	2.3%	3.2%	4.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
2019	83.4%	5.5%	3.2%	3.1%	4.4%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
2020	79.0%	9.5%	3.5%	3.3%	3.9%	0.4%	0.3%	0.0%
2021	74.4%	13.8%	4.1%	2.8%	4.1%	0.3%	0.4%	0.0%
2022	73.2%	15.3%	4.3%	2.8%	3.5%	0.3%	0.6%	0.0%
2023	70.0%	17.4%	6.1%	2.5%	2.8%	0.5%	0.7%	0.0%
2024	66.5%	19.6%	7.1%	2.8%	2.4%	0.9%	0.7%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2012 at 87.7%. Overall it fell from 87.5% in 2009 to 66.5% in 2024, down 21.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 9 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Framingham: its share of workers rose from 3.4% in 2009 to 19.6% in 2024, up 16.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 14.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 3.3% to 2.4% of workers (down 0.9 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2016 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Framingham

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Framingham?

The bars show when commuters in Framingham leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Massachusetts for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM		3.1%
5:00-5:29 AM		1.7%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.1%
6:00-6:29 AM		11.9%
6:30-6:59 AM		9.9%
7:00-7:29 AM		15.7%
7:30-7:59 AM		11.0%
8:00-8:29 AM		10.7%
8:30-8:59 AM		6.0%
9:00-9:59 AM		6.9%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.6%
11:00-11:59 AM		2.0%
12:00-3:59 PM		6.3%
4:00-11:59 PM		6.0%

Framingham Massachusetts Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Framingham is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.3% across Massachusetts. Early starts are less common than in Massachusetts: 9.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 11.1% there. The morning rush looks much like Massachusetts's: 47.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.0% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.9%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.

When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.

See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Framingham, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.

Is Framingham Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024

Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Framingham next to Massachusetts and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.

Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Framingham	Massachusetts	United States
2009	7:47 AM	7:47 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:49 AM	7:48 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:50 AM	7:48 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:56 AM	7:49 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:55 AM	7:49 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:58 AM	7:48 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:49 AM	7:48 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:50 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:42 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:40 AM	7:46 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:38 AM	7:45 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:40 AM	7:46 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:35 AM	7:45 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:41 AM	7:46 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:39 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:37 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Framingham were on the road by 7:37 AM, 10 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:47 AM). Across Massachusetts, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Framingham now leave 1 minute earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Framingham's commute time compare?

Metric	Framingham	Massachusetts	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	30.1 min	25.6 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	06:00 AM – 06:29 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	19.6%	18.6%	15.0%
Walked	2.8%	4.1%	2.4%
Public Transit	2.4%	6.5%	3.2%

The average commute time in Framingham is 30.1 minutes, longer than the 25.6 minutes in Massachusetts.

2.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 6.5% in Massachusetts. 2.8% commute by walking, lower than the 4.1% in Massachusetts.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Framingham, MA Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Framingham, MA compares with the 1 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Framingham, MA	72,408	30.1 min #2/2	19.6% #1/2	7:37 AM #2/2
Marlborough, MA	41,541	25.1 min	16.2%	7:25 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Framingham, Massachusetts.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Framingham, Massachusetts?

Commuters here spend an estimated 251 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,785 at a typical national wage. That's 18% more than the typical Massachusetts commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Framingham, Massachusetts?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Framingham, Massachusetts. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.