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

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 42.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 12.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.3 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 360812024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Queens County, New York

Name: Commute estimates for Queens County, New York
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 42.9 min one way; 12.9% worked from home, 31.4% drove alone, and 30.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip42.9 min±0.4 min MOE

Worked from home12.9%±0.3 pp MOE

Drove alone31.4%±0.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip30.1%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 Queens 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 +5.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute43.8 min → 42.9 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.8% → 12.9%▲ 5.1 pp

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

Public transit45.5% → 41.4%▼ 4.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone32.8% → 31.4%▼ 1.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Queens County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 31.4%; 41.4% used public transit and 12.9% worked from home.

Drive alone31.4% ±0.4 pp

Carpool6.0% ±0.2 pp

Public transit41.4% ±0.5 pp

Walk5.4% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.9% ±0.1 pp

Work from home12.9% ±0.3 pp

Each share uses 1,090,454 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Queens County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 99th percentile among covered 500k+ countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

99^thMean commute percentile

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

18^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 82% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

98^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 98% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

99^th60+ 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 Queens County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,090,454 workers age 16+, including 949,970 workers with reported travel time and 140,484 home workers.

Population estimate2,323,052± — MOE

Workers age 16+1,090,454± 5,422 MOE

Workers with travel time949,970± 5,877 MOE

Estimated home workers140,484± 3,426 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 Queens 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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