ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36057382024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bellmore, New York

Mean one-way trip34.1 min±4.6 min MOE
Worked from home18.6%±5.5 pp MOE
Drove alone68.1%±2.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip19.0%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 commute37.8 min → 34.1 min▼ 3.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.4% → 18.6%▲ 8.1 pp

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

Public transit14.7% → 8.6%▼ 6.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone66.7% → 68.1%▲ 1.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.1% ±2.6 pp
Carpool4.2% ±2.0 pp
Public transit8.6% ±2.6 pp
Walk0.6% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home18.6% ±5.5 pp

Each share uses 8,408 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.

90thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

93th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate15,954± 1,311 MOE
Workers age 16+8,408± 716 MOE
Workers with travel time6,848± 571 MOE
Estimated home workers1,560± 478 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.