Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36470422024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Middletown, New York
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 36.0 min one way; 6.0% worked from home, 65.2% drove alone, and 20.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
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 Middletown city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +5.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.1 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 Middletown city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 65.2%; 5.4% used public transit and 6.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 13,475 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Middletown city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 96th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 96% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 92% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Middletown city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 13,475 workers age 16+, including 12,673 workers with reported travel time and 802 home workers.
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.
05 / SAME STATE
All New York reports →Comparable New York commute records for Middletown city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.