ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · NY · GEOID 361192024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Westchester County, New York

Mean one-way trip34.6 min±0.6 min MOE
Worked from home19.1%±0.5 pp MOE
Drove alone50.4%±0.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip20.6%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute34.8 min → 34.6 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.6% → 19.1%▲ 6.5 pp

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

Public transit19.9% → 17.3%▼ 2.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone53.9% → 50.4%▼ 3.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone50.4% ±0.7 pp
Carpool7.1% ±0.4 pp
Public transit17.3% ±0.7 pp
Walk3.7% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.1 pp
Work from home19.1% ±0.5 pp

Each share uses 487,062 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.

95thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 95% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

64thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 64% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

94thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 94% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

97th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 97% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate999,677± — MOE
Workers age 16+487,062± 3,055 MOE
Workers with travel time394,141± 3,250 MOE
Estimated home workers92,921± 2,344 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.