Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36411352024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Lancaster, New York
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.9 min one way; 7.0% worked from home, 80.9% drove alone, and 0.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip18.9 min±2.7 min MOE
Worked from home7.0%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone80.9%±5.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip0.0%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 Lancaster village's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.7 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 Lancaster village residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.9%; 0.0% used public transit and 7.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 5,887 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Lancaster village compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 16th 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 lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 100% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Lancaster village's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 5,887 workers age 16+, including 5,472 workers with reported travel time and 415 home workers.
Population estimate10,113± 27 MOE
Workers age 16+5,887± 373 MOE
Workers with travel time5,472± 387 MOE
Estimated home workers415± 185 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 Lancaster village
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.