ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36494072024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Nanuet, New York

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.8 min one way; 9.9% worked from home, 72.9% drove alone, and 17.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip30.8 min±3.9 min MOE
Worked from home9.9%±2.7 pp MOE
Drove alone72.9%±2.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip17.4%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 Nanuet CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute31.2 min → 30.8 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.9% → 9.9%▲ 3.1 pp

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

Public transit6.6% → 5.4%▼ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.1% → 72.9%▼ 5.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Nanuet CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.9%; 5.4% used public transit and 9.9% worked from home.

Drive alone72.9% ±2.5 pp
Carpool7.3% ±2.7 pp
Public transit5.4% ±1.9 pp
Walk1.9% ±1.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home9.9% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 9,629 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Nanuet CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 80th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

80thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

41thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

92thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

91th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Nanuet CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 9,629 workers age 16+, including 8,671 workers with reported travel time and 958 home workers.

Population estimate19,799± 1,473 MOE
Workers age 16+9,629± 751 MOE
Workers with travel time8,671± 718 MOE
Estimated home workers958± 270 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 Nanuet CDP

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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