ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36587282024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pleasantville, New York

Mean one-way trip35.5 min±10.7 min MOE
Worked from home20.6%±4.6 pp MOE
Drove alone54.9%±4.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip23.0%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 commute33.3 min → 35.5 min▲ 2.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.7% → 20.6%▲ 9.9 pp

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

Public transit15.4% → 15.1%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone57.4% → 54.9%▼ 2.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone54.9% ±4.5 pp
Carpool7.0% ±4.1 pp
Public transit15.1% ±7.9 pp
Walk2.4% ±2.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home20.6% ±4.6 pp

Each share uses 3,628 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.

93thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

81thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 99% 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 estimate7,371± 33 MOE
Workers age 16+3,628± 374 MOE
Workers with travel time2,879± 433 MOE
Estimated home workers749± 184 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.