Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · NY · GEOID 360412024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Hamilton County, New York
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.6 min one way; 13.8% worked from home, 73.9% drove alone, and 9.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip22.6 min±3.3 min MOE
Worked from home13.8%±5.6 pp MOE
Drove alone73.9%±3.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.7%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 Hamilton County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -2.7 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 Hamilton County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.9%; 0.8% used public transit and 13.8% worked from home.
Each share uses 2,130 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Hamilton County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 39th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 61% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 92% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 89% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 64% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Hamilton County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 2,130 workers age 16+, including 1,837 workers with reported travel time and 293 home workers.
Population estimate5,089± — MOE
Workers age 16+2,130± 133 MOE
Workers with travel time1,837± 124 MOE
Estimated home workers293± 121 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 Hamilton County
These 2 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.