ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36464152024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Medina, New York

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.8 min one way; 10.5% worked from home, 72.9% drove alone, and 8.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.8 min±5.2 min MOE
Worked from home10.5%±5.2 pp MOE
Drove alone72.9%±7.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.3%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 Medina village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +4.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.3 min → 25.8 min▲ 4.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.0% → 10.5%▲ 5.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.2% → 72.9%▼ 5.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Medina village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.9%; 0.0% used public transit and 10.5% worked from home.

Drive alone72.9% ±7.2 pp
Carpool8.6% ±4.4 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.7 pp
Walk6.9% ±4.0 pp
Bicycle1.0% ±1.6 pp
Work from home10.5% ±5.2 pp

Each share uses 2,692 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Medina village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 56th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

56thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

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

60th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Medina village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,692 workers age 16+, including 2,408 workers with reported travel time and 284 home workers.

Population estimate5,770± 235 MOE
Workers age 16+2,692± 271 MOE
Workers with travel time2,408± 269 MOE
Estimated home workers284± 142 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 Medina village

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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