ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36082572024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Brighton, New York

Mean one-way trip16.9 min±1.7 min MOE
Worked from home21.6%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone67.3%±3.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.2%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 commute16.8 min → 16.9 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.0% → 21.6%▲ 7.6 pp

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

Public transit2.3% → 0.8%▼ 1.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.2% → 67.3%▼ 5.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone67.3% ±3.0 pp
Carpool7.0% ±1.6 pp
Public transit0.8% ±0.5 pp
Walk2.1% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home21.6% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 19,105 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.

6thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 94% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

78thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

46thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

5th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate36,834± 31 MOE
Workers age 16+19,105± 885 MOE
Workers with travel time14,982± 878 MOE
Estimated home workers4,123± 467 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.