ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36406892024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lake Mohegan, New York

Mean one-way trip40.2 min±12.5 min MOE
Worked from home11.7%±6.9 pp MOE
Drove alone71.2%±7.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip25.4%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 commute40.0 min → 40.2 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.8% → 11.7%▲ 0.9 pp

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

Public transit13.4% → 12.9%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.9% → 71.2%▼ 0.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.2% ±7.0 pp
Carpool1.9% ±1.6 pp
Public transit12.9% ±8.0 pp
Walk1.5% ±1.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home11.7% ±6.9 pp

Each share uses 3,016 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.

50thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,468± 702 MOE
Workers age 16+3,016± 611 MOE
Workers with travel time2,662± 562 MOE
Estimated home workers354± 221 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.