ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36199722024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Deer Park, New York

Mean one-way trip29.9 min±3.9 min MOE
Worked from home10.6%±2.1 pp MOE
Drove alone70.7%±2.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip14.2%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 commute33.6 min → 29.9 min▼ 3.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.7% → 10.6%▲ 4.9 pp

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

Public transit7.6% → 7.9%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.5% → 70.7%▼ 3.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.7% ±2.4 pp
Carpool6.5% ±1.7 pp
Public transit7.9% ±1.9 pp
Walk0.2% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home10.6% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 14,843 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.

77thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 77% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

33thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 67% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

95thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

87th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate27,990± 1,649 MOE
Workers age 16+14,843± 1,072 MOE
Workers with travel time13,270± 1,055 MOE
Estimated home workers1,573± 338 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.