ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36020442024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Amityville, New York

Mean one-way trip30.7 min±7.4 min MOE
Worked from home15.6%±6.4 pp MOE
Drove alone69.6%±6.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip14.8%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 commute34.2 min → 30.7 min▼ 3.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.7% → 15.6%▲ 7.9 pp

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

Public transit14.3% → 7.7%▼ 6.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.5% → 69.6%▼ 2.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.6% ±6.3 pp
Carpool6.8% ±3.3 pp
Public transit7.7% ±4.8 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home15.6% ±6.4 pp

Each share uses 4,762 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.

80thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

95thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

87th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,588± 20 MOE
Workers age 16+4,762± 456 MOE
Workers with travel time4,019± 477 MOE
Estimated home workers743± 313 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.