ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36555742024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Oswego, New York

Mean one-way trip18.5 min±2.6 min MOE
Worked from home8.6%±2.9 pp MOE
Drove alone72.8%±4.9 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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute16.8 min → 18.5 min▲ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.8% → 8.6%▲ 1.8 pp

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

Public transit2.8% → 2.2%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.5% → 72.8%▲ 0.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone72.8% ±4.9 pp
Carpool9.7% ±3.0 pp
Public transit2.2% ±1.1 pp
Walk5.6% ±2.8 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home8.6% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 7,725 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.

14thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

34thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

13th60+ 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 the shares

Population estimate17,033± 25 MOE
Workers age 16+7,725± 522 MOE
Workers with travel time7,059± 542 MOE
Estimated home workers666± 225 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.