ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36532752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

North New Hyde Park, New York

Mean one-way trip38.2 min±6.4 min MOE
Worked from home12.9%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone60.7%±6.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip24.7%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute38.2 min → 38.2 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.1% → 12.9%▲ 3.8 pp

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

Public transit15.1% → 14.8%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone64.3% → 60.7%▼ 3.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone60.7% ±6.5 pp
Carpool7.6% ±1.9 pp
Public transit14.8% ±2.8 pp
Walk2.8% ±2.3 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.4 pp
Work from home12.9% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 7,057 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.

97thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate14,159± 1,069 MOE
Workers age 16+7,057± 743 MOE
Workers with travel time6,145± 697 MOE
Estimated home workers912± 241 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.