What is the average commute in Blauvelt CDP, New York?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 41.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Blauvelt CDP, New York work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.9 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · NY · GEOID 36068602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Blauvelt, New York

Name: Commute estimates for Blauvelt CDP, New York
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 41.9 min one way; 11.2% worked from home, 74.8% drove alone, and 28.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip41.9 min±11.2 min MOE

Worked from home11.2%±3.9 pp MOE

Drove alone74.8%±8.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip28.6%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 Blauvelt CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +6.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.2 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute35.2 min → 41.9 min▲ 6.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.1% → 11.2%▲ 2.2 pp

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

Public transit6.5% → 6.5%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.8% → 74.8%▲ 1.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Blauvelt CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.8%; 6.5% used public transit and 11.2% worked from home.

Drive alone74.8% ±8.8 pp

Carpool4.3% ±2.5 pp

Public transit6.5% ±2.7 pp

Walk1.9% ±1.6 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp

Work from home11.2% ±3.9 pp

Each share uses 2,624 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Blauvelt CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 99th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

99^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

48^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

93^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Blauvelt CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,624 workers age 16+, including 2,329 workers with reported travel time and 295 home workers.

Population estimate5,406± 599 MOE

Workers age 16+2,624± 437 MOE

Workers with travel time2,329± 442 MOE

Estimated home workers295± 113 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

Comparable New York commute records for Blauvelt CDP

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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