ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36327542024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Haverstraw, New York

Mean one-way trip29.1 min±5.6 min MOE
Worked from home8.3%±3.6 pp MOE
Drove alone56.4%±7.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.5%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 commute28.4 min → 29.1 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.1% → 8.3%▲ 5.2 pp

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

Public transit6.3% → 10.3%▲ 4.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone64.5% → 56.4%▼ 8.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone56.4% ±7.4 pp
Carpool18.1% ±5.5 pp
Public transit10.3% ±4.3 pp
Walk4.4% ±2.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home8.3% ±3.6 pp

Each share uses 5,017 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.

74thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

32thWork-from-home percentile

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

97thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

62th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,325± 28 MOE
Workers age 16+5,017± 442 MOE
Workers with travel time4,600± 456 MOE
Estimated home workers417± 182 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.