ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36541442024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Oakdale, New York

Mean one-way trip28.2 min±7.9 min MOE
Worked from home10.2%±4.5 pp MOE
Drove alone81.0%±6.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.0%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 commute29.5 min → 28.2 min▼ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.1% → 10.2%▲ 3.1 pp

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

Public transit2.2% → 2.1%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.5% → 81.0%▼ 3.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone81.0% ±6.4 pp
Carpool6.0% ±4.2 pp
Public transit2.1% ±1.3 pp
Walk0.2% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp
Work from home10.2% ±4.5 pp

Each share uses 4,117 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.

69thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

42thWork-from-home percentile

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

79thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

46th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,115± 805 MOE
Workers age 16+4,117± 792 MOE
Workers with travel time3,698± 764 MOE
Estimated home workers419± 202 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.