ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36203132024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Depew, New York

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.0 min one way; 9.2% worked from home, 78.9% drove alone, and 2.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.0 min±1.9 min MOE
Worked from home9.2%±2.1 pp MOE
Drove alone78.9%±4.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.3%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 Depew village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.7 min → 19.0 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.4% → 9.2%▲ 4.8 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone87.9% → 78.9%▼ 9.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Depew village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.9%; 0.0% used public transit and 9.2% worked from home.

Drive alone78.9% ±4.0 pp
Carpool9.1% ±2.2 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk1.6% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home9.2% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 7,574 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Depew village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 16th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

16thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

38thWork-from-home percentile

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

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

10th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Depew village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,574 workers age 16+, including 6,874 workers with reported travel time and 700 home workers.

Population estimate15,000± 40 MOE
Workers age 16+7,574± 389 MOE
Workers with travel time6,874± 401 MOE
Estimated home workers700± 160 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 Depew 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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