What is the average commute in Dunkirk city, New York?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Dunkirk city, New York work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 4.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.0 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 36211052024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Dunkirk, New York

Name: Commute estimates for Dunkirk city, New York
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.0 min one way; 4.5% worked from home, 79.5% drove alone, and 5.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.0 min±4.3 min MOE

Worked from home4.5%±2.0 pp MOE

Drove alone79.5%±4.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.3%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 Dunkirk city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute17.1 min → 19.0 min▲ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.1% → 4.5%▲ 2.4 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.0%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.3% → 79.5%▲ 0.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Dunkirk city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.5%; 0.0% used public transit and 4.5% worked from home.

Drive alone79.5% ±4.8 pp

Carpool11.1% ±3.2 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.0 pp

Walk3.3% ±1.7 pp

Bicycle1.1% ±1.4 pp

Work from home4.5% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 5,168 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Dunkirk city 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.

16^thMean commute percentile

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

11^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

36^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

40^th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Dunkirk city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,168 workers age 16+, including 4,938 workers with reported travel time and 230 home workers.

Population estimate12,549± 36 MOE

Workers age 16+5,168± 371 MOE

Workers with travel time4,938± 386 MOE

Estimated home workers230± 103 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 Dunkirk 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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