What is the average commute in Colonie village, New York?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 17.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Colonie village, New York work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 15.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.5 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 36173322024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Colonie, New York

Name: Commute estimates for Colonie village, New York
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.0 min one way; 15.7% worked from home, 77.0% drove alone, and 1.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip17.0 min±2.6 min MOE

Worked from home15.7%±5.5 pp MOE

Drove alone77.0%±6.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip1.4%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 Colonie village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.7 min → 17.0 min▼ 2.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.7% → 15.7%▲ 4.0 pp

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

Public transit1.4% → 1.2%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.3% → 77.0%▼ 2.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Colonie village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.0%; 1.2% used public transit and 15.7% worked from home.

Drive alone77.0% ±6.7 pp

Carpool4.6% ±2.7 pp

Public transit1.2% ±1.2 pp

Walk0.6% ±1.7 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home15.7% ±5.5 pp

Each share uses 3,858 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Colonie village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 9th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

9^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

5^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Colonie village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,858 workers age 16+, including 3,252 workers with reported travel time and 606 home workers.

Population estimate7,702± 21 MOE

Workers age 16+3,858± 220 MOE

Workers with travel time3,252± 270 MOE

Estimated home workers606± 214 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 Colonie village

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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