ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36305432024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Greenlawn, New York

Mean one-way trip35.5 min±8.1 min MOE
Worked from home16.2%±2.1 pp MOE
Drove alone60.6%±10.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip20.8%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 commute34.4 min → 35.5 min▲ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.1% → 16.2%▲ 7.1 pp

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

Public transit8.9% → 9.4%▲ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.5% → 60.6%▼ 12.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone60.6% ±10.8 pp
Carpool12.2% ±3.5 pp
Public transit9.4% ±4.8 pp
Walk0.6% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home16.2% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 7,727 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.

93thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

68thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 96% 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 estimate15,210± 1,704 MOE
Workers age 16+7,727± 980 MOE
Workers with travel time6,478± 994 MOE
Estimated home workers1,249± 228 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.