Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36506172024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
New Rochelle, New York
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 32.5 min one way; 18.0% worked from home, 51.8% drove alone, and 18.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip32.5 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home18.0%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone51.8%±2.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip18.1%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 New Rochelle city'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 +6.7 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 Rochelle city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 51.8%; 16.2% used public transit and 18.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 41,144 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How New Rochelle city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 89th 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 89% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind New Rochelle city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 41,144 workers age 16+, including 33,739 workers with reported travel time and 7,405 home workers.
Population estimate82,769± 76 MOE
Workers age 16+41,144± 1,269 MOE
Workers with travel time33,739± 1,267 MOE
Estimated home workers7,405± 759 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 Rochelle city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.