What is the average commute in Horseheads village, New York?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 16.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Horseheads village, New York work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.0 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 36356942024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Horseheads, New York

Name: Commute estimates for Horseheads village, New York
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.9 min one way; 6.5% worked from home, 79.8% drove alone, and 4.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip16.9 min±3.6 min MOE

Worked from home6.5%±3.0 pp MOE

Drove alone79.8%±5.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.0%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 Horseheads village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.3 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute14.5 min → 16.9 min▲ 2.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.2% → 6.5%▲ 2.3 pp

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

Public transit1.7% → 2.5%▲ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.4% → 79.8%▼ 5.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Horseheads village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.8%; 2.5% used public transit and 6.5% worked from home.

Drive alone79.8% ±5.8 pp

Carpool10.8% ±4.9 pp

Public transit2.5% ±2.0 pp

Walk0.3% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp

Work from home6.5% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 3,182 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Horseheads village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 9th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

9^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

22^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

26^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Horseheads village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,182 workers age 16+, including 2,975 workers with reported travel time and 207 home workers.

Population estimate6,449± 36 MOE

Workers age 16+3,182± 248 MOE

Workers with travel time2,975± 267 MOE

Estimated home workers207± 96 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 Horseheads village

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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