What is the average commute in Oyster Bay CDP, New York?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 26.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Oyster Bay CDP, New York work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 14.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 7.4 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 36559922024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Oyster Bay, New York

Name: Commute estimates for Oyster Bay CDP, New York
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.8 min one way; 14.6% worked from home, 69.8% drove alone, and 12.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.8 min±7.4 min MOE

Worked from home14.6%±7.4 pp MOE

Drove alone69.8%±9.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip12.3%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 Oyster Bay CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -10.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute37.2 min → 26.8 min▼ 10.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.7% → 14.6%▲ 2.9 pp

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

Public transit6.1% → 3.9%▼ 2.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone62.1% → 69.8%▲ 7.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Oyster Bay CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.8%; 3.9% used public transit and 14.6% worked from home.

Drive alone69.8% ±9.9 pp

Carpool5.5% ±4.0 pp

Public transit3.9% ±3.1 pp

Walk2.9% ±3.2 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home14.6% ±7.4 pp

Each share uses 3,600 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Oyster Bay CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 61th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

61^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

63^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

79^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Oyster Bay CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,600 workers age 16+, including 3,073 workers with reported travel time and 527 home workers.

Population estimate7,308± 1,161 MOE

Workers age 16+3,600± 497 MOE

Workers with travel time3,073± 525 MOE

Estimated home workers527± 277 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 Oyster Bay CDP

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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