ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36063872024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bethpage, New York

Mean one-way trip32.8 min±4.6 min MOE
Worked from home17.5%±4.5 pp MOE
Drove alone64.8%±7.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip20.0%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 commute32.0 min → 32.8 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.1% → 17.5%▲ 7.5 pp

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

Public transit10.3% → 8.6%▼ 1.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.6% → 64.8%▼ 5.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone64.8% ±7.7 pp
Carpool6.5% ±2.2 pp
Public transit8.6% ±2.5 pp
Walk1.8% ±1.9 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp
Work from home17.5% ±4.5 pp

Each share uses 7,485 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.

87thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

72thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 72% 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.

94th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate17,123± 1,378 MOE
Workers age 16+7,485± 640 MOE
Workers with travel time6,172± 532 MOE
Estimated home workers1,313± 352 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.