ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36221062024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

East Greenbush, New York

Mean one-way trip20.3 min±3.8 min MOE
Worked from home13.6%±4.8 pp MOE
Drove alone70.1%±6.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.0%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 commute18.7 min → 20.3 min▲ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.7% → 13.6%▲ 0.9 pp

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

Public transit4.4% → 2.5%▼ 1.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.7% → 70.1%▼ 0.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.1% ±6.3 pp
Carpool10.9% ±3.5 pp
Public transit2.5% ±1.9 pp
Walk1.2% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.8% ±1.3 pp
Work from home13.6% ±4.8 pp

Each share uses 3,556 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.

22thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

59thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82thTransit percentile

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

16th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,581± 617 MOE
Workers age 16+3,556± 363 MOE
Workers with travel time3,071± 339 MOE
Estimated home workers485± 177 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.