ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36480102024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Monsey, New York

Mean one-way trip22.3 min±4.7 min MOE
Worked from home10.9%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone47.6%±4.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.5%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 commute23.9 min → 22.3 min▼ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.8% → 10.9%▲ 1.2 pp

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

Public transit8.3% → 6.9%▼ 1.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone50.3% → 47.6%▼ 2.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone47.6% ±4.1 pp
Carpool21.1% ±5.6 pp
Public transit6.9% ±3.0 pp
Walk8.8% ±2.7 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home10.9% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 6,955 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.

30thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 70% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

36thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

93thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

75th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate28,160± 1,839 MOE
Workers age 16+6,955± 677 MOE
Workers with travel time6,194± 662 MOE
Estimated home workers761± 223 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.