ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36274192024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fredonia, New York

Mean one-way trip16.9 min±4.2 min MOE
Worked from home11.5%±5.3 pp MOE
Drove alone65.5%±6.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.4%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 commute15.4 min → 16.9 min▲ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.0% → 11.5%▲ 8.5 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.2%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.8% → 65.5%▼ 8.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone65.5% ±6.7 pp
Carpool8.6% ±4.8 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp
Walk10.2% ±2.6 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.5 pp
Work from home11.5% ±5.3 pp

Each share uses 4,252 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.

9thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

49thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

30th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,467± 20 MOE
Workers age 16+4,252± 398 MOE
Workers with travel time3,761± 434 MOE
Estimated home workers491± 229 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.