ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36491212024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mount Vernon, New York

Mean one-way trip35.0 min±2.8 min MOE
Worked from home8.7%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone48.4%±2.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip19.1%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 commute36.5 min → 35.0 min▼ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.5% → 8.7%▲ 3.2 pp

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

Public transit31.6% → 25.8%▼ 5.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone47.8% → 48.4%▲ 0.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone48.4% ±2.8 pp
Carpool7.7% ±2.2 pp
Public transit25.8% ±3.4 pp
Walk4.5% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.3 pp
Work from home8.7% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 34,506 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.

94thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 94% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

21thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

100thTransit percentile

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

96th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate72,427± 103 MOE
Workers age 16+34,506± 1,224 MOE
Workers with travel time31,499± 1,261 MOE
Estimated home workers3,007± 496 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.