ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · NY · GEOID 360472024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Kings County, New York

Mean one-way trip41.7 min±0.4 min MOE
Worked from home19.1%±0.4 pp MOE
Drove alone17.6%±0.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip26.2%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute42.9 min → 41.7 min▼ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.8% → 19.1%▲ 7.4 pp

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

Public transit53.8% → 46.5%▼ 7.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone18.3% → 17.6%▼ 0.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone17.6% ±0.3 pp
Carpool3.9% ±0.2 pp
Public transit46.5% ±0.4 pp
Walk8.5% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle2.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home19.1% ±0.4 pp

Each share uses 1,208,610 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.

99thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 99% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

66thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 66% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

99thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 99% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

99th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 99% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate2,631,580± — MOE
Workers age 16+1,208,610± 5,725 MOE
Workers with travel time977,381± 6,615 MOE
Estimated home workers231,229± 4,736 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.