ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36592232024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Port Chester, New York

Mean one-way trip26.9 min±2.8 min MOE
Worked from home10.7%±2.9 pp MOE
Drove alone55.0%±3.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.4%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 commute25.6 min → 26.9 min▲ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.7% → 10.7%▲ 1.9 pp

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

Public transit14.8% → 11.5%▼ 3.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone54.8% → 55.0%▲ 0.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone55.0% ±3.7 pp
Carpool9.5% ±2.7 pp
Public transit11.5% ±2.5 pp
Walk7.0% ±2.6 pp
Bicycle1.7% ±1.8 pp
Work from home10.7% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 16,362 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.

60thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 60% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

34thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

97thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

75th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate31,102± 43 MOE
Workers age 16+16,362± 928 MOE
Workers with travel time14,616± 950 MOE
Estimated home workers1,746± 481 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.