ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36551892024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Orange Lake, New York

Mean one-way trip38.2 min±7.2 min MOE
Worked from home13.8%±4.1 pp MOE
Drove alone69.9%±7.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip21.8%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 commute36.9 min → 38.2 min▲ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.4% → 13.8%▲ 1.4 pp

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

Public transit2.8% → 7.2%▲ 4.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.1% → 69.9%▼ 4.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.9% ±7.7 pp
Carpool6.4% ±3.5 pp
Public transit7.2% ±3.7 pp
Walk0.8% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home13.8% ±4.1 pp

Each share uses 4,448 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.

60thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

94thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,784± 762 MOE
Workers age 16+4,448± 417 MOE
Workers with travel time3,833± 420 MOE
Estimated home workers615± 193 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.