ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36370442024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Huntington Station, New York

Mean one-way trip31.2 min±4.3 min MOE
Worked from home10.8%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone67.9%±3.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.6%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 commute35.8 min → 31.2 min▼ 4.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.4% → 10.8%▲ 3.3 pp

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

Public transit9.5% → 9.9%▲ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.7% → 67.9%▼ 0.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone67.9% ±3.3 pp
Carpool5.7% ±1.9 pp
Public transit9.9% ±2.2 pp
Walk2.0% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle1.3% ±0.8 pp
Work from home10.8% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 17,542 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.

84thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 84% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

34thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

96thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

86th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate32,601± 1,631 MOE
Workers age 16+17,542± 1,313 MOE
Workers with travel time15,649± 1,304 MOE
Estimated home workers1,893± 313 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.