ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36245262024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Endwell, New York

Mean one-way trip16.1 min±2.3 min MOE
Worked from home7.9%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone81.3%±4.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.7%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 commute18.0 min → 16.1 min▼ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.6% → 7.9%▲ 2.3 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.8%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.2% → 81.3%▼ 2.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone81.3% ±4.1 pp
Carpool6.9% ±2.6 pp
Public transit0.8% ±0.7 pp
Walk2.8% ±1.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home7.9% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 5,700 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.

7thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

30thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

64thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

14th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,546± 613 MOE
Workers age 16+5,700± 466 MOE
Workers with travel time5,249± 461 MOE
Estimated home workers451± 147 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.