Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36510552024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Niagara Falls, New York
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.1 min one way; 7.4% worked from home, 73.7% drove alone, and 2.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip19.1 min±1.7 min MOE
Worked from home7.4%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone73.7%±2.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.7%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 Niagara Falls city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.8 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 Niagara Falls city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.7%; 3.4% used public transit and 7.4% worked from home.
Each share uses 20,505 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Niagara Falls city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 13th 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 lower than about 87% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 85% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 90% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Niagara Falls city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 20,505 workers age 16+, including 18,982 workers with reported travel time and 1,523 home workers.
Population estimate47,987± 44 MOE
Workers age 16+20,505± 964 MOE
Workers with travel time18,982± 886 MOE
Estimated home workers1,523± 326 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 Niagara Falls city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.