What is the average commute in Huntington CDP, New York?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 36.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Huntington CDP, New York work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 25.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 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 36362332024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Huntington, New York

Name: Commute estimates for Huntington CDP, New York
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 36.5 min one way; 25.0% worked from home, 60.1% drove alone, and 20.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip36.5 min±5.8 min MOE

Worked from home25.0%±3.7 pp MOE

Drove alone60.1%±5.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip20.5%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 Huntington CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +10.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute37.6 min → 36.5 min▼ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.3% → 25.0%▲ 10.7 pp

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

Public transit10.9% → 9.1%▼ 1.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.5% → 60.1%▼ 9.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Huntington CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 60.1%; 9.1% used public transit and 25.0% worked from home.

Drive alone60.1% ±5.8 pp

Carpool1.8% ±0.9 pp

Public transit9.1% ±1.9 pp

Walk2.4% ±1.1 pp

Bicycle0.5% ±0.6 pp

Work from home25.0% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 11,151 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Huntington CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 95th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

95^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

89^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

95^th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Huntington CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 11,151 workers age 16+, including 8,359 workers with reported travel time and 2,792 home workers.

Population estimate19,948± 1,293 MOE

Workers age 16+11,151± 1,010 MOE

Workers with travel time8,359± 974 MOE

Estimated home workers2,792± 484 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 Huntington CDP

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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