What is the average commute in Fulton city, New York?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Fulton city, New York work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.0 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 36278152024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fulton, New York

Name: Commute estimates for Fulton city, New York
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.8 min one way; 5.5% worked from home, 79.1% drove alone, and 2.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.8 min±3.0 min MOE

Worked from home5.5%±3.0 pp MOE

Drove alone79.1%±6.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.5%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 Fulton city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.7 min → 21.8 min▲ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.9% → 5.5%▲ 0.6 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.4%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.3% → 79.1%▼ 3.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Fulton city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.1%; 0.4% used public transit and 5.5% worked from home.

Drive alone79.1% ±6.0 pp

Carpool8.1% ±3.4 pp

Public transit0.4% ±0.5 pp

Walk2.0% ±1.1 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home5.5% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 4,527 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Fulton city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 31th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

31^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

16^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

51^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

12^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Fulton city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,527 workers age 16+, including 4,278 workers with reported travel time and 249 home workers.

Population estimate11,272± 35 MOE

Workers age 16+4,527± 322 MOE

Workers with travel time4,278± 336 MOE

Estimated home workers249± 137 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 Fulton city

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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