ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36150002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cheektowaga, New York

Mean one-way trip20.6 min±1.9 min MOE
Worked from home11.4%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone76.3%±1.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.3%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 commute20.3 min → 20.6 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.4% → 11.4%▲ 5.0 pp

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

Public transit1.4% → 1.5%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.6% → 76.3%▼ 6.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone76.3% ±1.4 pp
Carpool7.1% ±1.0 pp
Public transit1.5% ±0.5 pp
Walk1.9% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp
Work from home11.4% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 38,398 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.

20thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 80% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

38thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

63thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

16th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate76,056± 65 MOE
Workers age 16+38,398± 1,052 MOE
Workers with travel time34,018± 983 MOE
Estimated home workers4,380± 624 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.