ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36514952024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

North Bay Shore, New York

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.5 min one way; 2.2% worked from home, 69.0% drove alone, and 7.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.5 min±4.3 min MOE
Worked from home2.2%±1.0 pp MOE
Drove alone69.0%±1.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.1%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 North Bay Shore CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.5 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute24.8 min → 26.5 min▲ 1.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.7% → 2.2%▲ 0.5 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit4.7% → 3.6%▼ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.3% → 69.0%▼ 2.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How North Bay Shore CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.0%; 3.6% used public transit and 2.2% worked from home.

Drive alone69.0% ±1.7 pp
Carpool16.2% ±3.8 pp
Public transit3.6% ±1.9 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home2.2% ±1.0 pp

Each share uses 11,334 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How North Bay Shore CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 60th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

60thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

3thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

87thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

54th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind North Bay Shore CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 11,334 workers age 16+, including 11,082 workers with reported travel time and 252 home workers.

Population estimate20,282± 1,611 MOE
Workers age 16+11,334± 1,127 MOE
Workers with travel time11,082± 1,120 MOE
Estimated home workers252± 111 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

Comparable New York commute records for North Bay Shore CDP

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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