Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36501002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
New City, New York
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 35.5 min one way; 17.3% worked from home, 69.1% drove alone, and 21.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip35.5 min±3.8 min MOE
Worked from home17.3%±2.9 pp MOE
Drove alone69.1%±2.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip21.8%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 City CDP's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.8 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How New City CDP residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.1%; 6.4% used public transit and 17.3% worked from home.
Each share uses 16,055 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How New City CDP compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 96th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 96% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind New City CDP's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 16,055 workers age 16+, including 13,277 workers with reported travel time and 2,778 home workers.
Population estimate34,458± 1,373 MOE
Workers age 16+16,055± 863 MOE
Workers with travel time13,277± 800 MOE
Estimated home workers2,778± 484 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
All New York reports →Comparable New York commute records for New City CDP
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.