What is the average commute in Farmingdale village, New York?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 30.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Farmingdale village, New York work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 15.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.7 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 36253842024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Farmingdale, New York

Name: Commute estimates for Farmingdale village, New York
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.7 min one way; 15.6% worked from home, 68.4% drove alone, and 20.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip30.7 min±4.7 min MOE

Worked from home15.6%±4.7 pp MOE

Drove alone68.4%±6.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip20.4%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 Farmingdale village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +11.3 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute33.5 min → 30.7 min▼ 2.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.3% → 15.6%▲ 11.3 pp

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

Public transit12.1% → 10.5%▼ 1.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.0% → 68.4%▼ 8.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Farmingdale village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.4%; 10.5% used public transit and 15.6% worked from home.

Drive alone68.4% ±6.1 pp

Carpool2.8% ±2.5 pp

Public transit10.5% ±3.2 pp

Walk1.7% ±1.1 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home15.6% ±4.7 pp

Each share uses 4,372 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Farmingdale village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 80th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

80^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

94^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Farmingdale village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,372 workers age 16+, including 3,689 workers with reported travel time and 683 home workers.

Population estimate8,474± 23 MOE

Workers age 16+4,372± 289 MOE

Workers with travel time3,689± 338 MOE

Estimated home workers683± 210 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 Farmingdale village

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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