ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36295422024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Goshen, New York

Mean one-way trip26.6 min±5.5 min MOE
Worked from home12.6%±3.2 pp MOE
Drove alone68.0%±7.3 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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute36.9 min → 26.6 min▼ 10.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.9% → 12.6%▲ 4.6 pp

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

Public transit9.2% → 4.9%▼ 4.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.1% → 68.0%▼ 6.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.0% ±7.3 pp
Carpool10.5% ±3.9 pp
Public transit4.9% ±2.6 pp
Walk1.4% ±1.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home12.6% ±3.2 pp

Each share uses 2,613 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.

60thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

54thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,773± 51 MOE
Workers age 16+2,613± 286 MOE
Workers with travel time2,285± 284 MOE
Estimated home workers328± 92 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.