ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36050342024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bayville, New York

Mean one-way trip37.1 min±10.1 min MOE
Worked from home10.4%±3.7 pp MOE
Drove alone68.6%±10.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip16.2%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 commute39.0 min → 37.1 min▼ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.9% → 10.4%▲ 4.6 pp

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

Public transit13.9% → 11.8%▼ 2.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.4% → 68.6%▼ 6.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.6% ±10.7 pp
Carpool7.2% ±4.0 pp
Public transit11.8% ±9.9 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.8% ±1.2 pp
Work from home10.4% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 3,436 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.

96thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 96% 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.

98thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

89th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,744± 27 MOE
Workers age 16+3,436± 388 MOE
Workers with travel time3,077± 399 MOE
Estimated home workers359± 134 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.