What is the average commute in Olean city, New York?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 14.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Olean city, New York work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.6 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · NY · GEOID 36547162024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Olean, New York

Name: Commute estimates for Olean city, New York
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 14.4 min one way; 8.4% worked from home, 72.6% drove alone, and 2.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip14.4 min±2.1 min MOE

Worked from home8.4%±2.6 pp MOE

Drove alone72.6%±4.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.6%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 Olean city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute16.5 min → 14.4 min▼ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.9% → 8.4%▲ 3.5 pp

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

Public transit2.3% → 1.1%▼ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.0% → 72.6%▼ 6.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Olean city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.6%; 1.1% used public transit and 8.4% worked from home.

Drive alone72.6% ±4.5 pp

Carpool10.8% ±2.9 pp

Public transit1.1% ±1.6 pp

Walk4.8% ±1.9 pp

Bicycle1.1% ±0.9 pp

Work from home8.4% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 5,745 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Olean city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 4th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

4^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

33^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

13^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Olean city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,745 workers age 16+, including 5,261 workers with reported travel time and 484 home workers.

Population estimate13,738± 24 MOE

Workers age 16+5,745± 388 MOE

Workers with travel time5,261± 376 MOE

Estimated home workers484± 155 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 Olean city

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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