ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36281892024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Garden City Park, New York

Mean one-way trip34.4 min±7.4 min MOE
Worked from home15.3%±4.0 pp MOE
Drove alone62.5%±10.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip22.9%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 commute38.6 min → 34.4 min▼ 4.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.1% → 15.3%▲ 6.2 pp

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

Public transit19.7% → 14.9%▼ 4.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone66.5% → 62.5%▼ 4.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone62.5% ±10.3 pp
Carpool6.9% ±2.8 pp
Public transit14.9% ±3.8 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home15.3% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 3,639 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.

91thMean commute percentile

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

66thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 66% 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.

96th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,914± 765 MOE
Workers age 16+3,639± 462 MOE
Workers with travel time3,082± 471 MOE
Estimated home workers557± 163 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.