ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36595202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Port Washington, New York

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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute37.7 min → 35.4 min▼ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home19.6% → 29.4%▲ 9.8 pp

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

Public transit21.6% → 18.2%▼ 3.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone47.4% → 44.8%▼ 2.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone44.8% ±3.3 pp
Carpool3.1% ±1.4 pp
Public transit18.2% ±3.4 pp
Walk2.1% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.9 pp
Work from home29.4% ±3.8 pp

Each share uses 8,225 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.

94thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 94% 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.

97th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

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.