ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36532642024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

North Merrick, New York

Mean one-way trip36.1 min±5.4 min MOE
Worked from home14.4%±3.5 pp MOE
Drove alone68.0%±5.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip21.1%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute34.5 min → 36.1 min▲ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.1% → 14.4%▲ 6.3 pp

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

Public transit10.1% → 10.3%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.2% → 68.0%▼ 5.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.0% ±5.6 pp
Carpool6.6% ±2.7 pp
Public transit10.3% ±2.8 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home14.4% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 5,968 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.

94thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

62thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

95th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,366± 880 MOE
Workers age 16+5,968± 416 MOE
Workers with travel time5,109± 451 MOE
Estimated home workers859± 215 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.