ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36124192024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Carle Place, New York

Mean one-way trip28.8 min±8.0 min MOE
Worked from home14.7%±4.0 pp MOE
Drove alone70.1%±8.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip16.0%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 commute31.4 min → 28.8 min▼ 2.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.0% → 14.7%▲ 9.7 pp

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

Public transit12.9% → 8.6%▼ 4.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.8% → 70.1%▼ 0.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.1% ±8.9 pp
Carpool6.0% ±2.1 pp
Public transit8.6% ±3.5 pp
Walk0.6% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home14.7% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 2,817 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.

72thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

63thWork-from-home percentile

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

96thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

89th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,188± 560 MOE
Workers age 16+2,817± 442 MOE
Workers with travel time2,403± 407 MOE
Estimated home workers414± 130 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.