ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36408382024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lake Ronkonkoma, New York

Mean one-way trip28.3 min±4.1 min MOE
Worked from home9.7%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone78.3%±4.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.8%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 commute30.5 min → 28.3 min▼ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.0% → 9.7%▲ 3.7 pp

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

Public transit4.9% → 3.7%▼ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.1% → 78.3%▼ 2.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.3% ±4.8 pp
Carpool5.4% ±1.8 pp
Public transit3.7% ±1.5 pp
Walk1.3% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.0 pp
Work from home9.7% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 8,688 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.

70thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 70% 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.

87thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate18,221± 1,197 MOE
Workers age 16+8,688± 788 MOE
Workers with travel time7,846± 773 MOE
Estimated home workers842± 219 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.