ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36316432024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hamburg, New York

Mean one-way trip22.3 min±5.6 min MOE
Worked from home13.5%±4.9 pp MOE
Drove alone77.9%±8.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.6%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 commute23.3 min → 22.3 min▼ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.2% → 13.5%▲ 6.3 pp

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

Public transit2.1% → 1.5%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.2% → 77.9%▼ 5.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.9% ±8.5 pp
Carpool3.6% ±1.8 pp
Public transit1.5% ±1.6 pp
Walk2.7% ±1.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home13.5% ±4.9 pp

Each share uses 5,180 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.

34thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

59thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

74thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

5th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,792± 46 MOE
Workers age 16+5,180± 480 MOE
Workers with travel time4,480± 590 MOE
Estimated home workers700± 261 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.