Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36463602024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Mechanicville, New York
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.9 min one way; 4.6% worked from home, 81.0% drove alone, and 4.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip26.9 min±5.9 min MOE
Worked from home4.6%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone81.0%±13.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.3%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 Mechanicville city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.5 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 Mechanicville city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.0%; 2.3% used public transit and 4.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 2,484 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Mechanicville city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 62th 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 higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Mechanicville city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 2,484 workers age 16+, including 2,370 workers with reported travel time and 114 home workers.
Population estimate5,124± 21 MOE
Workers age 16+2,484± 303 MOE
Workers with travel time2,370± 295 MOE
Estimated home workers114± 63 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 Mechanicville city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.