ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36066072024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Binghamton, New York

Mean one-way trip19.0 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home9.3%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone61.7%±2.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.2%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 commute18.4 min → 19.0 min▲ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.0% → 9.3%▲ 3.4 pp

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

Public transit8.7% → 7.6%▼ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.8% → 61.7%▼ 7.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone61.7% ±2.9 pp
Carpool10.6% ±2.1 pp
Public transit7.6% ±2.0 pp
Walk7.0% ±2.0 pp
Bicycle1.6% ±0.9 pp
Work from home9.3% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 19,708 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.

13thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 87% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

25thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

94thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

47th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate47,151± 58 MOE
Workers age 16+19,708± 833 MOE
Workers with travel time17,871± 919 MOE
Estimated home workers1,837± 406 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.