ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36004082024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Airmont, New York

Mean one-way trip27.3 min±6.0 min MOE
Worked from home10.9%±4.8 pp MOE
Drove alone58.7%±9.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.9%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 commute29.4 min → 27.3 min▼ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.4% → 10.9%▲ 2.5 pp

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

Public transit3.3% → 4.7%▲ 1.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.4% → 58.7%▼ 14.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone58.7% ±9.9 pp
Carpool22.5% ±8.1 pp
Public transit4.7% ±3.9 pp
Walk1.6% ±2.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home10.9% ±4.8 pp

Each share uses 3,499 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

64thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

46thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,205± 41 MOE
Workers age 16+3,499± 309 MOE
Workers with travel time3,116± 341 MOE
Estimated home workers383± 170 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.