ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36281782024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Garden City, New York

Mean one-way trip34.9 min±5.3 min MOE
Worked from home27.7%±4.9 pp MOE
Drove alone47.6%±5.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip27.5%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute33.9 min → 34.9 min▲ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home18.8% → 27.7%▲ 8.9 pp

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

Public transit15.8% → 16.7%▲ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone56.3% → 47.6%▼ 8.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone47.6% ±5.8 pp
Carpool4.7% ±1.8 pp
Public transit16.7% ±3.0 pp
Walk2.7% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home27.7% ±4.9 pp

Each share uses 10,769 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.

92thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

92thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate22,941± 24 MOE
Workers age 16+10,769± 639 MOE
Workers with travel time7,791± 795 MOE
Estimated home workers2,978± 555 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.