ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36362332024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Huntington, New York

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

95thMean commute percentile

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

89thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 89% 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.

95th60+ 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 the shares

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.