What is the average commute in Mastic Beach CDP, New York?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 36.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Mastic Beach CDP, New York work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.4 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · NY · GEOID 36460852024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mastic Beach, New York

Name: Commute estimates for Mastic Beach CDP, New York
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 36.8 min one way; 6.7% worked from home, 84.6% drove alone, and 16.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip36.8 min±6.8 min MOE

Worked from home6.7%±2.4 pp MOE

Drove alone84.6%±4.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip16.7%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 Mastic Beach CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.2 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute35.0 min → 36.8 min▲ 1.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.5% → 6.7%▲ 1.2 pp

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

Public transit1.6% → 2.5%▲ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.5% → 84.6%▲ 1.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Mastic Beach CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 84.6%; 2.5% used public transit and 6.7% worked from home.

Drive alone84.6% ±4.0 pp

Carpool4.4% ±1.5 pp

Public transit2.5% ±1.6 pp

Walk0.6% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.4 pp

Work from home6.7% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 6,790 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Mastic Beach CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 95th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

95^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

23^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Mastic Beach CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,790 workers age 16+, including 6,337 workers with reported travel time and 453 home workers.

Population estimate16,735± 2,062 MOE

Workers age 16+6,790± 736 MOE

Workers with travel time6,337± 711 MOE

Estimated home workers453± 168 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

Comparable New York commute records for Mastic Beach CDP

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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