ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36481752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Monticello, New York

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.5 min one way; 8.0% worked from home, 73.7% drove alone, and 6.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.5 min±7.0 min MOE
Worked from home8.0%±4.9 pp MOE
Drove alone73.7%±9.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.3%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 Monticello village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.1 min → 21.5 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.4% → 8.0%▲ 5.6 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 0.7%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.8% → 73.7%▼ 8.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Monticello village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.7%; 0.7% used public transit and 8.0% worked from home.

Drive alone73.7% ±9.3 pp
Carpool6.6% ±4.9 pp
Public transit0.7% ±1.2 pp
Walk6.0% ±4.3 pp
Bicycle2.0% ±3.2 pp
Work from home8.0% ±4.9 pp

Each share uses 3,171 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Monticello village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 29th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

29thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

31thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 69% 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.

48th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Monticello village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,171 workers age 16+, including 2,918 workers with reported travel time and 253 home workers.

Population estimate7,279± 36 MOE
Workers age 16+3,171± 432 MOE
Workers with travel time2,918± 431 MOE
Estimated home workers253± 160 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

Comparable New York commute records for Monticello village

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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