ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36220842024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

East Glenville, New York

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.3 min one way; 10.4% worked from home, 82.0% drove alone, and 3.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.3 min±3.9 min MOE
Worked from home10.4%±2.7 pp MOE
Drove alone82.0%±5.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.2%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 East Glenville CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.6 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 commute25.9 min → 25.3 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.2% → 10.4%▲ 5.1 pp

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

Public transit1.7% → 0.5%▼ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone89.9% → 82.0%▼ 7.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How East Glenville CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 82.0%; 0.5% used public transit and 10.4% worked from home.

Drive alone82.0% ±5.0 pp
Carpool5.7% ±2.8 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.4 pp
Walk1.0% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp
Work from home10.4% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 5,563 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How East Glenville CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 53th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

53thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind East Glenville CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,563 workers age 16+, including 4,987 workers with reported travel time and 576 home workers.

Population estimate11,914± 600 MOE
Workers age 16+5,563± 486 MOE
Workers with travel time4,987± 510 MOE
Estimated home workers576± 158 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 East Glenville 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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