Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36464042024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Medford, New York
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 32.3 min one way; 8.0% worked from home, 73.6% drove alone, and 17.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip32.3 min±7.2 min MOE
Worked from home8.0%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone73.6%±11.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip17.0%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 Medford CDP's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.3 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 Medford CDP residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.6%; 6.9% used public transit and 8.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 12,036 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Medford CDP compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 85th 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 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Medford CDP's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 12,036 workers age 16+, including 11,075 workers with reported travel time and 961 home workers.
Population estimate24,796± 2,409 MOE
Workers age 16+12,036± 1,412 MOE
Workers with travel time11,075± 1,291 MOE
Estimated home workers961± 243 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 Medford CDP
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.