ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36488902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mount Kisco, New York

Mean one-way trip32.7 min±6.1 min MOE
Worked from home22.2%±6.0 pp MOE
Drove alone52.8%±6.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip16.7%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 commute28.8 min → 32.7 min▲ 3.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.2% → 22.2%▲ 12.0 pp

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

Public transit6.9% → 10.1%▲ 3.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone60.3% → 52.8%▼ 7.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone52.8% ±6.4 pp
Carpool6.7% ±3.5 pp
Public transit10.1% ±5.1 pp
Walk5.7% ±3.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home22.2% ±6.0 pp

Each share uses 5,434 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.

84thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,737± 51 MOE
Workers age 16+5,434± 419 MOE
Workers with travel time4,227± 449 MOE
Estimated home workers1,207± 339 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.