ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36228762024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

East Rockaway, New York

Mean one-way trip38.5 min±7.4 min MOE
Worked from home16.9%±4.3 pp MOE
Drove alone68.5%±7.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip25.2%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute32.8 min → 38.5 min▲ 5.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.2% → 16.9%▲ 6.7 pp

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

Public transit11.0% → 10.2%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.0% → 68.5%▼ 6.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.5% ±7.7 pp
Carpool1.5% ±1.4 pp
Public transit10.2% ±3.4 pp
Walk1.4% ±1.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home16.9% ±4.3 pp

Each share uses 5,356 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.

97thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,077± 28 MOE
Workers age 16+5,356± 436 MOE
Workers with travel time4,450± 506 MOE
Estimated home workers906± 242 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.