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

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 38.2 min one way; 12.9% worked from home, 60.7% drove alone, and 24.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 North New Hyde Park CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.8 percentage points.

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 North New Hyde Park CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 60.7%; 14.8% used public transit and 12.9% worked from home.

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

How North New Hyde Park CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 97th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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 North New Hyde Park CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,057 workers age 16+, including 6,145 workers with reported travel time and 912 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable New York commute records for North New Hyde Park 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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