Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36396722024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Kings Park, New York
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 36.9 min one way; 13.0% worked from home, 73.9% drove alone, and 18.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip36.9 min±6.5 min MOE
Worked from home13.0%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone73.9%±4.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip18.5%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 Kings Park CDP's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.3 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Kings Park CDP residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.9%; 8.4% used public transit and 13.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 7,772 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Kings Park CDP compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 95th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Kings Park CDP's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 7,772 workers age 16+, including 6,761 workers with reported travel time and 1,011 home workers.
Population estimate16,516± 892 MOE
Workers age 16+7,772± 728 MOE
Workers with travel time6,761± 735 MOE
Estimated home workers1,011± 252 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
All New York reports →Comparable New York commute records for Kings Park CDP
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.