Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36291132024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Glen Cove, New York
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.4 min one way; 10.9% worked from home, 68.4% drove alone, and 16.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip29.4 min±3.6 min MOE
Worked from home10.9%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone68.4%±2.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip16.4%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 Glen Cove city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.5 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Glen Cove city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.4%; 7.1% used public transit and 10.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 13,780 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Glen Cove city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 74th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 74% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 65% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Glen Cove city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 13,780 workers age 16+, including 12,282 workers with reported travel time and 1,498 home workers.
Population estimate28,112± 38 MOE
Workers age 16+13,780± 899 MOE
Workers with travel time12,282± 877 MOE
Estimated home workers1,498± 354 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
All New York reports →Comparable New York commute records for Glen Cove city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.