ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36387482024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Johnson City, New York

Mean one-way trip16.5 min±2.6 min MOE
Worked from home9.7%±3.4 pp MOE
Drove alone70.2%±4.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.3%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 commute15.8 min → 16.5 min▲ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.7% → 9.7%▲ 4.0 pp

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

Public transit4.1% → 2.2%▼ 1.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.6% → 70.2%▼ 1.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.2% ±4.5 pp
Carpool9.3% ±3.1 pp
Public transit2.2% ±1.2 pp
Walk4.1% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle1.3% ±1.1 pp
Work from home9.7% ±3.4 pp

Each share uses 6,364 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.

8thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

40thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

20th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate14,940± 74 MOE
Workers age 16+6,364± 503 MOE
Workers with travel time5,745± 504 MOE
Estimated home workers619± 223 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.