What is the average commute in Ithaca city, New York?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Ithaca city, New York work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 24.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.2 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 36380772024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ithaca, New York

Name: Commute estimates for Ithaca city, New York
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.7 min one way; 24.7% worked from home, 29.9% drove alone, and 4.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.7 min±3.4 min MOE

Worked from home24.7%±4.2 pp MOE

Drove alone29.9%±4.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.8%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 Ithaca city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.1 min → 18.7 min▲ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home20.5% → 24.7%▲ 4.2 pp

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

Public transit12.0% → 9.1%▼ 2.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone28.0% → 29.9%▲ 1.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Ithaca city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 29.9%; 9.1% used public transit and 24.7% worked from home.

Drive alone29.9% ±4.6 pp

Carpool6.6% ±2.0 pp

Public transit9.1% ±2.8 pp

Walk25.7% ±3.8 pp

Bicycle2.2% ±0.9 pp

Work from home24.7% ±4.2 pp

Each share uses 14,653 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Ithaca city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 12th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

12^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 88% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

86^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

96^thTransit percentile

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

33^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 67% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Ithaca city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 14,653 workers age 16+, including 11,036 workers with reported travel time and 3,617 home workers.

Population estimate32,814± 31 MOE

Workers age 16+14,653± 943 MOE

Workers with travel time11,036± 926 MOE

Estimated home workers3,617± 653 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 Ithaca city

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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