ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36520402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

North Gates, New York

Mean one-way trip18.4 min±2.8 min MOE
Worked from home13.4%±4.4 pp MOE
Drove alone73.4%±3.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.4%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute19.1 min → 18.4 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.0% → 13.4%▲ 5.4 pp

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

Public transit1.0% → 0.9%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.9% → 73.4%▼ 7.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.4% ±3.6 pp
Carpool10.7% ±2.7 pp
Public transit0.9% ±1.0 pp
Walk0.8% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home13.4% ±4.4 pp

Each share uses 5,372 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

14thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

58thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

11th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,904± 599 MOE
Workers age 16+5,372± 436 MOE
Workers with travel time4,653± 377 MOE
Estimated home workers719± 243 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.