What is the average commute in Albany County, New York?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Albany County, New York work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 15.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.8 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

COUNTY · NY · GEOID 360012024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Albany County, New York

Name: Commute estimates for Albany County, New York
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.4 min one way; 15.2% worked from home, 66.7% drove alone, and 4.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.4 min±0.7 min MOE

Worked from home15.2%±0.8 pp MOE

Drove alone66.7%±0.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.2%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in Albany County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.6 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute20.7 min → 21.4 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.6% → 15.2%▲ 5.6 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit5.1% → 4.2%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.2% → 66.7%▼ 4.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Albany County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.7%; 4.2% used public transit and 15.2% worked from home.

Drive alone66.7% ±0.8 pp

Carpool8.2% ±0.7 pp

Public transit4.2% ±0.5 pp

Walk3.8% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.1 pp

Work from home15.2% ±0.8 pp

Each share uses 157,251 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Albany County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 25th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

25^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 75% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

75^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 75% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

97^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 97% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

23^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 77% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Albany County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 157,251 workers age 16+, including 133,288 workers with reported travel time and 23,963 home workers.

Population estimate317,018± — MOE

Workers age 16+157,251± 2,116 MOE

Workers with travel time133,288± 2,270 MOE

Estimated home workers23,963± 1,267 MOE

Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable New York commute records for Albany County

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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