ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36413992024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Latham, New York

Mean one-way trip20.5 min±4.0 min MOE
Worked from home17.0%±4.2 pp MOE
Drove alone68.5%±2.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.3%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 commute20.9 min → 20.5 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.2% → 17.0%▲ 6.8 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 0.4%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.1% → 68.5%▼ 6.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.5% ±2.5 pp
Carpool8.4% ±4.1 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.5 pp
Walk3.2% ±2.5 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home17.0% ±4.2 pp

Each share uses 7,598 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.

24thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

52thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

19th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,802± 1,058 MOE
Workers age 16+7,598± 824 MOE
Workers with travel time6,309± 751 MOE
Estimated home workers1,289± 348 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.