ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36470422024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Middletown, New York

Mean one-way trip36.0 min±4.9 min MOE
Worked from home6.0%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone65.2%±3.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip20.5%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 commute30.8 min → 36.0 min▲ 5.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.8% → 6.0%▲ 2.1 pp

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

Public transit4.9% → 5.4%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.9% → 65.2%▼ 7.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone65.2% ±3.4 pp
Carpool18.1% ±3.9 pp
Public transit5.4% ±1.5 pp
Walk1.7% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home6.0% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 13,475 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.

96thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 96% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

8thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 92% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

90thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

97th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate30,289± 46 MOE
Workers age 16+13,475± 978 MOE
Workers with travel time12,673± 938 MOE
Estimated home workers802± 262 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.