ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36242732024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Elmont, New York

Mean one-way trip40.4 min±4.6 min MOE
Worked from home6.6%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone63.9%±3.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip25.1%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 commute40.9 min → 40.4 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.9% → 6.6%▲ 3.7 pp

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

Public transit19.0% → 13.5%▼ 5.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.8% → 63.9%▼ 4.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone63.9% ±3.3 pp
Carpool10.9% ±2.0 pp
Public transit13.5% ±2.3 pp
Walk2.1% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home6.6% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 18,405 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.

99thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 99% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

10thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 90% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

98thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

98th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate36,518± 2,253 MOE
Workers age 16+18,405± 1,245 MOE
Workers with travel time17,196± 1,216 MOE
Estimated home workers1,209± 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.