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

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 35.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.3 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 36375832024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Inwood, New York

Name: Commute estimates for Inwood CDP, New York
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 35.1 min one way; 9.0% worked from home, 40.5% drove alone, and 23.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip35.1 min±7.2 min MOE

Worked from home9.0%±5.3 pp MOE

Drove alone40.5%±4.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip23.2%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 Inwood CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute34.9 min → 35.1 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.8% → 9.0%▲ 3.1 pp

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

Public transit18.0% → 15.1%▼ 2.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone53.3% → 40.5%▼ 12.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Inwood CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 40.5%; 15.1% used public transit and 9.0% worked from home.

Drive alone40.5% ±4.4 pp

Carpool23.4% ±6.0 pp

Public transit15.1% ±4.2 pp

Walk9.3% ±2.6 pp

Bicycle0.6% ±1.0 pp

Work from home9.0% ±5.3 pp

Each share uses 5,508 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Inwood CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 93th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

93^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

36^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Inwood CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,508 workers age 16+, including 5,014 workers with reported travel time and 494 home workers.

Population estimate12,235± 1,212 MOE

Workers age 16+5,508± 648 MOE

Workers with travel time5,014± 591 MOE

Estimated home workers494± 295 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 Inwood 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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