ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36593882024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Port Jervis, New York

Mean one-way trip25.2 min±4.9 min MOE
Worked from home8.6%±3.4 pp MOE
Drove alone67.0%±5.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.1%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 commute23.9 min → 25.2 min▲ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.3% → 8.6%▲ 6.3 pp

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

Public transit2.3% → 2.7%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.3% → 67.0%▼ 6.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone67.0% ±5.6 pp
Carpool11.6% ±5.1 pp
Public transit2.7% ±2.2 pp
Walk9.6% ±5.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home8.6% ±3.4 pp

Each share uses 3,488 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.

52thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

34thWork-from-home percentile

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

83thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,652± 31 MOE
Workers age 16+3,488± 363 MOE
Workers with travel time3,188± 385 MOE
Estimated home workers300± 123 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.