ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36068602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Blauvelt, New York

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

99thMean commute percentile

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

48thWork-from-home percentile

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

93thTransit percentile

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

99th60+ 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 the shares

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.