ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36237012024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Eggertsville, New York

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.4 min one way; 12.4% worked from home, 77.6% drove alone, and 1.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.4 min±3.2 min MOE
Worked from home12.4%±3.5 pp MOE
Drove alone77.6%±3.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.9%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 Eggertsville CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.3 min → 18.4 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.2% → 12.4%▲ 7.1 pp

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

Public transit2.7% → 1.0%▼ 1.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.3% → 77.6%▼ 6.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Eggertsville CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.6%; 1.0% used public transit and 12.4% worked from home.

Drive alone77.6% ±3.7 pp
Carpool5.6% ±2.1 pp
Public transit1.0% ±0.7 pp
Walk1.7% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home12.4% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 7,459 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Eggertsville CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 13th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

13thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

53thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

7th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Eggertsville CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,459 workers age 16+, including 6,537 workers with reported travel time and 922 home workers.

Population estimate14,894± 1,177 MOE
Workers age 16+7,459± 737 MOE
Workers with travel time6,537± 692 MOE
Estimated home workers922± 274 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 Eggertsville 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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