ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36488792024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mount Ivy, New York

Mean one-way trip27.7 min±8.1 min MOE
Worked from home12.8%±5.3 pp MOE
Drove alone78.1%±10.7 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 commute33.9 min → 27.7 min▼ 6.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.6% → 12.8%▲ 4.3 pp

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

Public transit2.8% → 1.2%▼ 1.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.6% → 78.1%▼ 2.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.1% ±10.7 pp
Carpool7.8% ±4.2 pp
Public transit1.2% ±2.1 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home12.8% ±5.3 pp

Each share uses 3,961 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.

66thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

55thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

72th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,121± 742 MOE
Workers age 16+3,961± 594 MOE
Workers with travel time3,453± 589 MOE
Estimated home workers508± 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.