ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36226122024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

East Northport, New York

Mean one-way trip33.5 min±4.6 min MOE
Worked from home13.2%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone72.4%±4.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip18.1%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 commute35.2 min → 33.5 min▼ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.6% → 13.2%▲ 4.6 pp

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

Public transit8.3% → 6.4%▼ 1.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.0% → 72.4%▼ 4.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone72.4% ±4.3 pp
Carpool6.7% ±2.3 pp
Public transit6.4% ±2.8 pp
Walk1.3% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home13.2% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 10,474 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.

89thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

57thWork-from-home percentile

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

93thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

92th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate19,700± 1,067 MOE
Workers age 16+10,474± 820 MOE
Workers with travel time9,090± 738 MOE
Estimated home workers1,384± 265 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.