What is the average commute in Garden City village, New York?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 34.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Garden City village, New York work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 27.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.9 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 36281782024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Garden City, New York

Name: Commute estimates for Garden City village, New York
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 34.9 min one way; 27.7% worked from home, 47.6% drove alone, and 27.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Garden City village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.9 percentage points.

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 Garden City village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 47.6%; 16.7% used public transit and 27.7% worked from home.

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

How Garden City village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 92th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

92^thMean commute percentile

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

92^thWork-from-home percentile

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

99^thTransit percentile

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

98^th60+ 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 Garden City village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 10,769 workers age 16+, including 7,791 workers with reported travel time and 2,978 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable New York commute records for Garden City village

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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