ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · NY · GEOID 360052024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bronx County, New York

Mean one-way trip43.3 min±0.7 min MOE
Worked from home8.9%±0.4 pp MOE
Drove alone23.5%±0.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip31.5%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute45.3 min → 43.3 min▼ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.8% → 8.9%▲ 3.1 pp

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

Public transit56.1% → 52.4%▼ 3.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone24.1% → 23.5%▼ 0.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone23.5% ±0.6 pp
Carpool4.4% ±0.3 pp
Public transit52.4% ±0.8 pp
Walk7.4% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.7% ±0.1 pp
Work from home8.9% ±0.4 pp

Each share uses 545,887 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

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

100thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 100% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

4thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 96% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

100thTransit percentile

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

100th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate1,404,779± — MOE
Workers age 16+545,887± 4,489 MOE
Workers with travel time497,511± 4,609 MOE
Estimated home workers48,376± 2,324 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.