ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36397272024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Kingston, New York

Mean one-way trip23.1 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home15.3%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone67.1%±4.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.7%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 commute23.7 min → 23.1 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.2% → 15.3%▲ 7.1 pp

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

Public transit4.0% → 1.5%▼ 2.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.5% → 67.1%▼ 1.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone67.1% ±4.2 pp
Carpool10.3% ±3.5 pp
Public transit1.5% ±0.9 pp
Walk2.4% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle1.3% ±0.7 pp
Work from home15.3% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 11,545 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.

39thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

74thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

51th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate23,911± 28 MOE
Workers age 16+11,545± 564 MOE
Workers with travel time9,777± 593 MOE
Estimated home workers1,768± 285 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.