What is the average commute in Greenlawn CDP, New York?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 35.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Greenlawn CDP, New York work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 16.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.1 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · NY · GEOID 36305432024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Greenlawn, New York

Name: Commute estimates for Greenlawn CDP, New York
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 35.5 min one way; 16.2% worked from home, 60.6% drove alone, and 20.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Greenlawn CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.1 percentage points.

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 Greenlawn CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 60.6%; 9.4% used public transit and 16.2% worked from home.

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

How Greenlawn CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 93th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

93^thMean commute percentile

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

68^thWork-from-home percentile

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

96^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

95^th60+ 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 Greenlawn CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,727 workers age 16+, including 6,478 workers with reported travel time and 1,249 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable New York commute records for Greenlawn CDP

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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