Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · NY · GEOID 361112024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Ulster County, New York
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.5 min one way; 17.6% worked from home, 68.9% drove alone, and 9.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip27.5 min±1.2 min MOE
Worked from home17.6%±1.1 pp MOE
Drove alone68.9%±1.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.6%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 Ulster County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.0 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 Ulster County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.9%; 1.9% used public transit and 17.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 82,336 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Ulster County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 78th 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 78% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 87% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 90% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 78% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Ulster County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 82,336 workers age 16+, including 67,844 workers with reported travel time and 14,492 home workers.
Population estimate182,601± — MOE
Workers age 16+82,336± 1,600 MOE
Workers with travel time67,844± 1,634 MOE
Estimated home workers14,492± 914 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 Ulster County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.