ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36084662024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Brockport, New York

Mean one-way trip19.7 min±2.9 min MOE
Worked from home9.5%±3.8 pp MOE
Drove alone60.0%±6.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.9%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 commute22.4 min → 19.7 min▼ 2.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.4% → 9.5%▲ 5.1 pp

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

Public transit2.7% → 0.8%▼ 1.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.8% → 60.0%▼ 10.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone60.0% ±6.6 pp
Carpool5.7% ±4.0 pp
Public transit0.8% ±1.2 pp
Walk21.7% ±3.5 pp
Bicycle1.7% ±1.7 pp
Work from home9.5% ±3.8 pp

Each share uses 3,684 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.

19thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

39thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

63thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

7th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,277± 61 MOE
Workers age 16+3,684± 255 MOE
Workers with travel time3,335± 277 MOE
Estimated home workers349± 142 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.