ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36306422024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Greenville CDP (Westchester County), New York

Mean one-way trip44.8 min±10.8 min MOE
Worked from home28.5%±6.6 pp MOE
Drove alone43.8%±6.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip34.2%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 commute46.4 min → 44.8 min▼ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.1% → 28.5%▲ 12.4 pp

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

Public transit38.8% → 25.1%▼ 13.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone41.8% → 43.8%▲ 1.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone43.8% ±6.6 pp
Carpool1.4% ±1.7 pp
Public transit25.1% ±5.2 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home28.5% ±6.6 pp

Each share uses 4,355 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.

100thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 100% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

93thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

100thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 100% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

100th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 100% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,280± 914 MOE
Workers age 16+4,355± 535 MOE
Workers with travel time3,113± 478 MOE
Estimated home workers1,242± 324 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.