ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36242952024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Elmsford, New York

Mean one-way trip26.2 min±5.1 min MOE
Worked from home5.1%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone68.3%±9.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.6%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 commute26.7 min → 26.2 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.5% → 5.1%▲ 2.6 pp

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

Public transit8.3% → 13.8%▲ 5.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.4% → 68.3%▼ 7.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.3% ±9.5 pp
Carpool11.0% ±4.9 pp
Public transit13.8% ±6.4 pp
Walk1.7% ±1.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home5.1% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 2,703 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.

58thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

14thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98thTransit percentile

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

68th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,186± 34 MOE
Workers age 16+2,703± 289 MOE
Workers with travel time2,564± 268 MOE
Estimated home workers139± 84 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.