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

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 43.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.6 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 360852024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Richmond County, New York

Name: Commute estimates for Richmond County, New York
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 43.1 min one way; 10.7% worked from home, 51.6% drove alone, and 32.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip43.1 min±0.9 min MOE

Worked from home10.7%±0.6 pp MOE

Drove alone51.6%±1.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip32.1%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 Richmond County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute44.5 min → 43.1 min▼ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.7% → 10.7%▲ 4.0 pp

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

Public transit26.2% → 23.3%▼ 2.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone54.6% → 51.6%▼ 3.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Richmond County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 51.6%; 23.3% used public transit and 10.7% worked from home.

Drive alone51.6% ±1.0 pp

Carpool10.0% ±0.7 pp

Public transit23.3% ±0.8 pp

Walk2.8% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home10.7% ±0.6 pp

Each share uses 221,153 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Richmond County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 100th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

100^thMean commute percentile

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

39^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 61% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

100^thTransit percentile

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

100^th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Richmond County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 221,153 workers age 16+, including 197,485 workers with reported travel time and 23,668 home workers.

Population estimate494,956± — MOE

Workers age 16+221,153± 2,424 MOE

Workers with travel time197,485± 2,478 MOE

Estimated home workers23,668± 1,393 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 Richmond 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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