Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · NY · GEOID 360272024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Dutchess County, New York
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.2 min one way; 15.3% worked from home, 69.2% drove alone, and 14.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip31.2 min±1.0 min MOE
Worked from home15.3%±0.8 pp MOE
Drove alone69.2%±1.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip14.5%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 Dutchess County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.5 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Dutchess County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.2%; 3.8% used public transit and 15.3% worked from home.
Each share uses 145,916 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Dutchess County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 91th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 91% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 76% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 97% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 94% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Dutchess County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 145,916 workers age 16+, including 123,524 workers with reported travel time and 22,392 home workers.
Population estimate298,220± — MOE
Workers age 16+145,916± 1,739 MOE
Workers with travel time123,524± 1,997 MOE
Estimated home workers22,392± 1,253 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
All New York reports →Comparable New York commute records for Dutchess County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.