ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36473062024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Miller Place, New York

Mean one-way trip32.7 min±6.2 min MOE
Worked from home16.7%±4.5 pp MOE
Drove alone74.2%±5.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip14.1%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 commute35.2 min → 32.7 min▼ 2.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.8% → 16.7%▲ 8.9 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 1.8%▲ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.3% → 74.2%▼ 9.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.2% ±5.4 pp
Carpool5.6% ±3.0 pp
Public transit1.8% ±1.5 pp
Walk0.1% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home16.7% ±4.5 pp

Each share uses 4,898 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.

86thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70thWork-from-home percentile

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

77thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,736± 1,481 MOE
Workers age 16+4,898± 416 MOE
Workers with travel time4,080± 432 MOE
Estimated home workers818± 233 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.