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

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 31.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 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 36181462024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Copiague, New York

Name: Commute estimates for Copiague CDP, New York
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.0 min one way; 8.6% worked from home, 70.3% drove alone, and 16.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip31.0 min±4.4 min MOE

Worked from home8.6%±2.5 pp MOE

Drove alone70.3%±1.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip16.5%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 Copiague CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute30.1 min → 31.0 min▲ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.8% → 8.6%▲ 2.8 pp

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

Public transit5.0% → 6.1%▲ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.0% → 70.3%▼ 9.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Copiague CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.3%; 6.1% used public transit and 8.6% worked from home.

Drive alone70.3% ±1.3 pp

Carpool9.7% ±1.8 pp

Public transit6.1% ±1.6 pp

Walk1.7% ±1.1 pp

Bicycle0.9% ±0.7 pp

Work from home8.6% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 12,379 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Copiague CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 81th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

81^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

34^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 66% 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.

90^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Copiague CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 12,379 workers age 16+, including 11,315 workers with reported travel time and 1,064 home workers.

Population estimate23,424± 1,807 MOE

Workers age 16+12,379± 1,052 MOE

Workers with travel time11,315± 935 MOE

Estimated home workers1,064± 322 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 Copiague 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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