Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36469762024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Middle Island, New York
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.5 min one way; 7.8% worked from home, 79.4% drove alone, and 11.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip31.5 min±6.2 min MOE
Worked from home7.8%±5.0 pp MOE
Drove alone79.4%±16.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.2%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 Middle Island CDP's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.0 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 Middle Island CDP residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.4%; 0.7% used public transit and 7.8% worked from home.
Each share uses 5,074 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Middle Island CDP compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 83th 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 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Middle Island CDP's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 5,074 workers age 16+, including 4,677 workers with reported travel time and 397 home workers.
Population estimate11,027± 1,101 MOE
Workers age 16+5,074± 770 MOE
Workers with travel time4,677± 637 MOE
Estimated home workers397± 261 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 Middle Island CDP
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.