Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36503532024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
New Hempstead, New York
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.7 min one way; 10.9% worked from home, 73.9% drove alone, and 11.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip28.7 min±6.1 min MOE
Worked from home10.9%±4.5 pp MOE
Drove alone73.9%±8.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.7%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 Hempstead village's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.2 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 Hempstead village residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.9%; 2.8% used public transit and 10.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 2,230 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How New Hempstead village compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 71th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind New Hempstead village's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 2,230 workers age 16+, including 1,987 workers with reported travel time and 243 home workers.
Population estimate5,472± 26 MOE
Workers age 16+2,230± 323 MOE
Workers with travel time1,987± 280 MOE
Estimated home workers243± 106 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 Hempstead village
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.