ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36469762024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Middle Island, New York

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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute30.6 min → 31.5 min▲ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.3% → 7.8%▲ 0.5 pp

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

Public transit1.4% → 0.7%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.1% → 79.4%▼ 1.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.4% ±16.8 pp
Carpool10.8% ±4.6 pp
Public transit0.7% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.8% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home7.8% ±5.0 pp

Each share uses 5,074 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

83thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

30thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

62thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

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.