ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36020662024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Amsterdam, New York

Mean one-way trip20.7 min±2.5 min MOE
Worked from home10.5%±3.2 pp MOE
Drove alone72.5%±4.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.5%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 commute20.9 min → 20.7 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.7% → 10.5%▲ 3.8 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.4%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.4% → 72.5%▲ 0.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone72.5% ±4.1 pp
Carpool12.3% ±3.9 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.4 pp
Walk1.9% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home10.5% ±3.2 pp

Each share uses 8,253 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.

25thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

52thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

21th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate18,166± 34 MOE
Workers age 16+8,253± 486 MOE
Workers with travel time7,386± 538 MOE
Estimated home workers867± 265 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.