ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36490662024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mount Sinai, New York

Mean one-way trip37.3 min±10.5 min MOE
Worked from home12.9%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone74.6%±1.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip20.8%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 commute30.7 min → 37.3 min▲ 6.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.1% → 12.9%▲ 4.8 pp

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

Public transit2.0% → 2.2%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.5% → 74.6%▼ 4.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.6% ±1.4 pp
Carpool9.1% ±6.3 pp
Public transit2.2% ±1.5 pp
Walk0.2% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home12.9% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 5,124 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.

96thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

95th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,093± 1,142 MOE
Workers age 16+5,124± 723 MOE
Workers with travel time4,465± 685 MOE
Estimated home workers659± 182 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.