ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36570232024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pelham Manor, New York

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 39.4 min one way; 24.2% worked from home, 40.0% drove alone, and 28.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip39.4 min±7.4 min MOE
Worked from home24.2%±8.4 pp MOE
Drove alone40.0%±8.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip28.9%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 Pelham Manor village'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 +1.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute37.3 min → 39.4 min▲ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home22.7% → 24.2%▲ 1.4 pp

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

Public transit26.9% → 29.7%▲ 2.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone46.8% → 40.0%▼ 6.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Pelham Manor village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 40.0%; 29.7% used public transit and 24.2% worked from home.

Drive alone40.0% ±8.8 pp
Carpool4.0% ±2.6 pp
Public transit29.7% ±7.0 pp
Walk1.5% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home24.2% ±8.4 pp

Each share uses 2,638 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Pelham Manor village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 98th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

98thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88thWork-from-home percentile

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

100thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 100% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Pelham Manor village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,638 workers age 16+, including 2,000 workers with reported travel time and 638 home workers.

Population estimate5,644± 28 MOE
Workers age 16+2,638± 190 MOE
Workers with travel time2,000± 237 MOE
Estimated home workers638± 227 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 Pelham Manor village

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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