What is the average commute in Fairmount CDP, New York?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Fairmount CDP, New York work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.9 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · NY · GEOID 36250432024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fairmount, New York

Name: Commute estimates for Fairmount CDP, New York
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.4 min one way; 11.6% worked from home, 83.2% drove alone, and 1.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Fairmount 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 +6.7 percentage points.

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 Fairmount CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 83.2%; 0.4% used public transit and 11.6% worked from home.

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

How Fairmount CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 18th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

18^thMean commute percentile

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

50^thWork-from-home percentile

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

53^thTransit percentile

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

5^th60+ 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 Fairmount CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,982 workers age 16+, including 4,402 workers with reported travel time and 580 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable New York commute records for Fairmount 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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