ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36258572024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Firthcliffe, New York

Mean one-way trip25.6 min±6.2 min MOE
Worked from home13.2%±6.1 pp MOE
Drove alone70.4%±8.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.4%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute27.9 min → 25.6 min▼ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.9% → 13.2%▲ 5.3 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 2.1%▲ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.3% → 70.4%▼ 6.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.4% ±8.7 pp
Carpool10.1% ±5.7 pp
Public transit2.1% ±2.0 pp
Walk1.0% ±1.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home13.2% ±6.1 pp

Each share uses 2,774 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.

54thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

58thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

79thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,432± 408 MOE
Workers age 16+2,774± 296 MOE
Workers with travel time2,407± 294 MOE
Estimated home workers367± 173 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.