What is the average commute in Melville CDP, New York?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 33.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 15.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 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 36465142024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Melville, New York

Name: Commute estimates for Melville CDP, New York
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 33.3 min one way; 15.5% worked from home, 66.6% drove alone, and 18.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip33.3 min±5.7 min MOE

Worked from home15.5%±3.1 pp MOE

Drove alone66.6%±4.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip18.0%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 Melville 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 +2.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute31.5 min → 33.3 min▲ 1.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.8% → 15.5%▲ 2.7 pp

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

Public transit9.5% → 9.4%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.0% → 66.6%▼ 2.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Melville CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.6%; 9.4% used public transit and 15.5% worked from home.

Drive alone66.6% ±4.1 pp

Carpool7.5% ±3.1 pp

Public transit9.4% ±2.6 pp

Walk0.8% ±0.7 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp

Work from home15.5% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 9,119 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Melville CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 88th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

88^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

92^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Melville CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 9,119 workers age 16+, including 7,708 workers with reported travel time and 1,411 home workers.

Population estimate19,714± 1,640 MOE

Workers age 16+9,119± 870 MOE

Workers with travel time7,708± 782 MOE

Estimated home workers1,411± 309 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 Melville 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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