ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36134202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Center Moriches, New York

Mean one-way trip30.6 min±6.8 min MOE
Worked from home7.7%±3.6 pp MOE
Drove alone80.9%±19.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.8%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 commute31.7 min → 30.6 min▼ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.4% → 7.7%▲ 0.3 pp

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

Public transit1.9% → 2.4%▲ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.9% → 80.9%▲ 3.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.9% ±19.4 pp
Carpool6.6% ±4.5 pp
Public transit2.4% ±1.7 pp
Walk1.8% ±1.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home7.7% ±3.6 pp

Each share uses 4,339 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.

79thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

30thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

81th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,127± 1,183 MOE
Workers age 16+4,339± 740 MOE
Workers with travel time4,003± 662 MOE
Estimated home workers336± 166 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.