What is the average commute in Plattsburgh city, New York?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 16.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Plattsburgh city, New York work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 7.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.7 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 36585742024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Plattsburgh, New York

Name: Commute estimates for Plattsburgh city, New York
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.6 min one way; 7.0% worked from home, 66.7% drove alone, and 5.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip16.6 min±2.3 min MOE

Worked from home7.0%±1.7 pp MOE

Drove alone66.7%±3.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.7%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 Plattsburgh city'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 +3.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute14.5 min → 16.6 min▲ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.7% → 7.0%▲ 3.4 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.1%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.7% → 66.7%▼ 9.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Plattsburgh city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.7%; 0.1% used public transit and 7.0% worked from home.

Drive alone66.7% ±3.9 pp

Carpool12.6% ±2.6 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp

Walk9.9% ±2.6 pp

Bicycle0.5% ±0.4 pp

Work from home7.0% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 9,815 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Plattsburgh city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 8th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

8^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

25^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

41^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

42^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Plattsburgh city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 9,815 workers age 16+, including 9,126 workers with reported travel time and 689 home workers.

Population estimate19,830± 36 MOE

Workers age 16+9,815± 587 MOE

Workers with travel time9,126± 619 MOE

Estimated home workers689± 175 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 Plattsburgh city

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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