ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36286182024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Geneseo, New York

Mean one-way trip19.3 min±4.2 min MOE
Worked from home10.3%±4.3 pp MOE
Drove alone64.6%±7.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.2%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 commute14.7 min → 19.3 min▲ 4.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.9% → 10.3%▲ 1.4 pp

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

Public transit3.6% → 3.4%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone49.1% → 64.6%▲ 15.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone64.6% ±7.0 pp
Carpool1.7% ±1.3 pp
Public transit3.4% ±2.5 pp
Walk16.1% ±5.0 pp
Bicycle0.7% ±0.9 pp
Work from home10.3% ±4.3 pp

Each share uses 2,604 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.

17thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

86thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,701± 28 MOE
Workers age 16+2,604± 313 MOE
Workers with travel time2,336± 305 MOE
Estimated home workers268± 117 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.