ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36081032024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Briarcliff Manor, New York

Mean one-way trip37.2 min±6.4 min MOE
Worked from home27.7%±4.7 pp MOE
Drove alone50.4%±7.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip27.7%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 commute34.8 min → 37.2 min▲ 2.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.5% → 27.7%▲ 14.2 pp

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

Public transit22.6% → 17.3%▼ 5.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone58.6% → 50.4%▼ 8.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone50.4% ±7.6 pp
Carpool2.0% ±1.4 pp
Public transit17.3% ±4.9 pp
Walk1.5% ±1.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home27.7% ±4.7 pp

Each share uses 3,851 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.

96thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

92thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,519± 297 MOE
Workers age 16+3,851± 300 MOE
Workers with travel time2,785± 295 MOE
Estimated home workers1,066± 199 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.