Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36047152024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Batavia, New York
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.3 min one way; 5.0% worked from home, 75.7% drove alone, and 4.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip21.3 min±4.0 min MOE
Worked from home5.0%±1.7 pp MOE
Drove alone75.7%±3.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.4%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 Batavia city'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 +1.6 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 Batavia city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.7%; 0.3% used public transit and 5.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 7,058 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Batavia city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 28th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Batavia city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 7,058 workers age 16+, including 6,708 workers with reported travel time and 350 home workers.
Population estimate15,097± 25 MOE
Workers age 16+7,058± 443 MOE
Workers with travel time6,708± 451 MOE
Estimated home workers350± 119 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 Batavia city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.