ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36500672024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

New Cassel, New York

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.8 min one way; 2.9% worked from home, 55.0% drove alone, and 7.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.8 min±4.6 min MOE
Worked from home2.9%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone55.0%±3.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.8%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 New Cassel CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.6 min → 23.8 min▼ 1.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.3% → 2.9%▲ 1.6 pp

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

Public transit5.9% → 12.6%▲ 6.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone65.0% → 55.0%▼ 10.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How New Cassel CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 55.0%; 12.6% used public transit and 2.9% worked from home.

Drive alone55.0% ±3.9 pp
Carpool15.0% ±6.9 pp
Public transit12.6% ±5.1 pp
Walk7.8% ±4.1 pp
Bicycle1.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home2.9% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 7,494 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How New Cassel CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 43th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

43thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

5thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

58th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind New Cassel CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,494 workers age 16+, including 7,277 workers with reported travel time and 217 home workers.

Population estimate14,551± 2,003 MOE
Workers age 16+7,494± 904 MOE
Workers with travel time7,277± 912 MOE
Estimated home workers217± 123 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 New Cassel 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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