ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36377372024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Irondequoit, New York

Mean one-way trip19.6 min±1.4 min MOE
Worked from home14.5%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone76.3%±1.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.7%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 commute19.9 min → 19.6 min▼ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.0% → 14.5%▲ 6.5 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.5%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.4% → 76.3%▼ 4.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone76.3% ±1.8 pp
Carpool6.4% ±1.4 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.3 pp
Walk1.7% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home14.5% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 25,209 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.

16thMean commute percentile

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

55thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

36thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

9th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 91% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate50,657± 59 MOE
Workers age 16+25,209± 1,005 MOE
Workers with travel time21,559± 885 MOE
Estimated home workers3,650± 465 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.