ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36548372024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Oneida, New York

Mean one-way trip19.1 min±2.5 min MOE
Worked from home8.0%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone78.3%±4.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.1%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 commute21.5 min → 19.1 min▼ 2.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.1% → 8.0%▲ 3.9 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.3%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.6% → 78.3%▼ 6.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.3% ±4.8 pp
Carpool7.5% ±1.9 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.2 pp
Walk4.4% ±2.1 pp
Bicycle0.8% ±0.5 pp
Work from home8.0% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 4,769 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.

16thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

31thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

47thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

27th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,171± 25 MOE
Workers age 16+4,769± 340 MOE
Workers with travel time4,389± 335 MOE
Estimated home workers380± 78 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.