ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36438742024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lynbrook, New York

Mean one-way trip35.2 min±4.2 min MOE
Worked from home17.0%±4.7 pp MOE
Drove alone56.2%±4.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip22.2%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 commute36.9 min → 35.2 min▼ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.6% → 17.0%▲ 6.4 pp

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

Public transit18.2% → 11.6%▼ 6.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone56.8% → 56.2%▼ 0.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone56.2% ±4.0 pp
Carpool6.5% ±2.3 pp
Public transit11.6% ±2.2 pp
Walk6.5% ±2.6 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.7 pp
Work from home17.0% ±4.7 pp

Each share uses 9,913 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.

93thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 93% 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.

97thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate20,325± 29 MOE
Workers age 16+9,913± 646 MOE
Workers with travel time8,227± 573 MOE
Estimated home workers1,686± 482 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.