Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36510002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
New York, New York
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 40.3 min one way; 16.9% worked from home, 21.6% drove alone, and 25.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip40.3 min±0.2 min MOE
Worked from home16.9%±0.2 pp MOE
Drove alone21.6%±0.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip25.3%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 York city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.2 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 York city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 21.6%; 44.0% used public transit and 16.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 3,926,797 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How New York city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 100th percentile among covered 500k+ places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 100% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 100% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 100% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind New York city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 3,926,797 workers age 16+, including 3,263,450 workers with reported travel time and 663,347 home workers.
Population estimate8,483,844± — MOE
Workers age 16+3,926,797± 10,429 MOE
Workers with travel time3,263,450± 12,564 MOE
Estimated home workers663,347± 9,165 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 York city
No other New York place in the 500k+ population band met the same publication rule in this dataset.