What is the average commute in Carmel CDP, New York?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 41.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Carmel CDP, New York work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 14.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.0 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 36125182024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Carmel, New York

Name: Commute estimates for Carmel CDP, New York
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 41.9 min one way; 14.0% worked from home, 67.4% drove alone, and 26.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip41.9 min±13.1 min MOE

Worked from home14.0%±4.0 pp MOE

Drove alone67.4%±5.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip26.6%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 Carmel CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute38.7 min → 41.9 min▲ 3.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.0% → 14.0%▲ 7.0 pp

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

Public transit6.1% → 6.6%▲ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.5% → 67.4%▼ 8.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Carmel CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 67.4%; 6.6% used public transit and 14.0% worked from home.

Drive alone67.4% ±5.1 pp

Carpool10.4% ±6.1 pp

Public transit6.6% ±3.8 pp

Walk0.9% ±1.0 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp

Work from home14.0% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 3,245 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Carmel CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 99th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

99^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

61^thWork-from-home percentile

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

93^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98^th60+ 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 Carmel CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,245 workers age 16+, including 2,790 workers with reported travel time and 455 home workers.

Population estimate7,306± 619 MOE

Workers age 16+3,245± 509 MOE

Workers with travel time2,790± 511 MOE

Estimated home workers455± 149 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 Carmel CDP

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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