ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36346932024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hillcrest, New York

Mean one-way trip29.6 min±6.9 min MOE
Worked from home5.7%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone68.6%±2.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip15.5%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 commute28.9 min → 29.6 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.4% → 5.7%▼ 0.7 pp

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

Public transit7.8% → 9.0%▲ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.0% → 68.6%▼ 0.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.6% ±2.7 pp
Carpool7.7% ±3.5 pp
Public transit9.0% ±3.6 pp
Walk2.4% ±2.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home5.7% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 4,435 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.

75thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 82% 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.

88th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,071± 1,212 MOE
Workers age 16+4,435± 617 MOE
Workers with travel time4,181± 611 MOE
Estimated home workers254± 121 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.