ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36281382024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Gananda, New York

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.5 min one way; 22.0% worked from home, 72.9% drove alone, and 1.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.5 min±4.4 min MOE
Worked from home22.0%±5.2 pp MOE
Drove alone72.9%±3.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.4%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 Gananda CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +10.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.2 min → 24.5 min▼ 1.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.8% → 22.0%▲ 10.2 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.3% → 72.9%▼ 8.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Gananda CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.9%; 0.0% used public transit and 22.0% worked from home.

Drive alone72.9% ±3.6 pp
Carpool4.8% ±2.2 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home22.0% ±5.2 pp

Each share uses 3,539 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Gananda CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 47th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

47thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

84thWork-from-home percentile

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

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

5th60+ 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 Gananda CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,539 workers age 16+, including 2,761 workers with reported travel time and 778 home workers.

Population estimate6,273± 607 MOE
Workers age 16+3,539± 407 MOE
Workers with travel time2,761± 327 MOE
Estimated home workers778± 206 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 Gananda 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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