ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36182562024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Corning, New York

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.7 min one way; 11.9% worked from home, 69.0% drove alone, and 3.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip17.7 min±2.5 min MOE
Worked from home11.9%±3.5 pp MOE
Drove alone69.0%±4.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.9%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 Corning city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute16.0 min → 17.7 min▲ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.8% → 11.9%▲ 5.1 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.7%▲ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.3% → 69.0%▼ 7.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Corning city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.0%; 0.7% used public transit and 11.9% worked from home.

Drive alone69.0% ±4.3 pp
Carpool9.6% ±3.2 pp
Public transit0.7% ±1.0 pp
Walk7.6% ±2.5 pp
Bicycle0.9% ±1.0 pp
Work from home11.9% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 5,254 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Corning city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 11th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

11thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

51thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

61thTransit percentile

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

25th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Corning city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,254 workers age 16+, including 4,627 workers with reported travel time and 627 home workers.

Population estimate10,643± 23 MOE
Workers age 16+5,254± 394 MOE
Workers with travel time4,627± 357 MOE
Estimated home workers627± 192 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 Corning city

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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