Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36595202024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Port Washington, New York
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 35.4 min one way; 29.4% worked from home, 44.8% drove alone, and 24.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip35.4 min±6.5 min MOE
Worked from home29.4%±3.8 pp MOE
Drove alone44.8%±3.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip24.8%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 Port Washington CDP's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.8 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Port Washington CDP residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 44.8%; 18.2% used public transit and 29.4% worked from home.
Each share uses 8,225 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Port Washington CDP compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 93th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Port Washington CDP's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 8,225 workers age 16+, including 5,810 workers with reported travel time and 2,415 home workers.
Population estimate18,004± 1,383 MOE
Workers age 16+8,225± 783 MOE
Workers with travel time5,810± 690 MOE
Estimated home workers2,415± 390 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
All New York reports →Comparable New York commute records for Port Washington CDP
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.