ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36378692024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Islip, New York

Mean one-way trip27.9 min±3.6 min MOE
Worked from home10.2%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone78.1%±4.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.0%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 commute30.0 min → 27.9 min▼ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.2% → 10.2%▲ 3.9 pp

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

Public transit4.7% → 2.5%▼ 2.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.9% → 78.1%▼ 0.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.1% ±4.5 pp
Carpool7.2% ±1.9 pp
Public transit2.5% ±1.1 pp
Walk1.3% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home10.2% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 8,568 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.

67thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

42thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate17,362± 1,043 MOE
Workers age 16+8,568± 643 MOE
Workers with travel time7,697± 619 MOE
Estimated home workers871± 170 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.