What is the average commute in Canandaigua city, New York?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Canandaigua city, New York work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.4 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 36121442024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Canandaigua, New York

Name: Commute estimates for Canandaigua city, New York
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.6 min one way; 11.4% worked from home, 73.8% drove alone, and 2.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.6 min±3.3 min MOE

Worked from home11.4%±2.4 pp MOE

Drove alone73.8%±4.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.5%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 Canandaigua city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.2 min → 19.6 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.5% → 11.4%▲ 6.8 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.9%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.4% → 73.8%▼ 8.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Canandaigua city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.8%; 0.9% used public transit and 11.4% worked from home.

Drive alone73.8% ±4.7 pp

Carpool7.4% ±3.0 pp

Public transit0.9% ±0.7 pp

Walk5.0% ±2.7 pp

Bicycle0.5% ±0.5 pp

Work from home11.4% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 4,929 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Canandaigua city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 19th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

19^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 81% 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.

66^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

12^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Canandaigua city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,929 workers age 16+, including 4,369 workers with reported travel time and 560 home workers.

Population estimate10,514± 29 MOE

Workers age 16+4,929± 337 MOE

Workers with travel time4,369± 357 MOE

Estimated home workers560± 122 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 Canandaigua city

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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