ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36385392024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Jericho, New York

Mean one-way trip40.8 min±7.3 min MOE
Worked from home18.7%±4.0 pp MOE
Drove alone57.4%±4.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip29.8%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute43.8 min → 40.8 min▼ 3.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.2% → 18.7%▲ 4.5 pp

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

Public transit17.6% → 15.1%▼ 2.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone56.7% → 57.4%▲ 0.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone57.4% ±4.4 pp
Carpool7.5% ±3.5 pp
Public transit15.1% ±3.2 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home18.7% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 5,899 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.

98thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99thTransit percentile

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

99th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,759± 1,106 MOE
Workers age 16+5,899± 499 MOE
Workers with travel time4,797± 473 MOE
Estimated home workers1,102± 251 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.