ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36302132024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Great Neck Plaza, New York

Mean one-way trip36.2 min±7.4 min MOE
Worked from home26.3%±11.2 pp MOE
Drove alone42.3%±8.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip21.0%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 commute41.8 min → 36.2 min▼ 5.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home19.6% → 26.3%▲ 6.7 pp

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

Public transit38.5% → 18.7%▼ 19.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone34.6% → 42.3%▲ 7.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone42.3% ±8.6 pp
Carpool5.3% ±3.3 pp
Public transit18.7% ±5.7 pp
Walk4.0% ±1.8 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.7 pp
Work from home26.3% ±11.2 pp

Each share uses 3,771 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.

94thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

91thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 91% 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.

95th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,593± 30 MOE
Workers age 16+3,771± 403 MOE
Workers with travel time2,780± 349 MOE
Estimated home workers991± 434 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.