ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36250432024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fairmount, New York

Mean one-way trip19.4 min±3.1 min MOE
Worked from home11.6%±2.9 pp MOE
Drove alone83.2%±3.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.6%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 commute19.5 min → 19.4 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.9% → 11.6%▲ 6.7 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 0.4%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.9% → 83.2%▼ 1.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone83.2% ±3.9 pp
Carpool4.4% ±2.5 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home11.6% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 4,982 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.

18thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

50thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

53thTransit percentile

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

5th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,724± 664 MOE
Workers age 16+4,982± 442 MOE
Workers with travel time4,402± 452 MOE
Estimated home workers580± 152 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.