ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36595642024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Potsdam, New York

Mean one-way trip15.8 min±3.1 min MOE
Worked from home10.9%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone52.0%±3.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.2%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 commute14.8 min → 15.8 min▲ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.3% → 10.9%▲ 0.6 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 0.0%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone48.7% → 52.0%▲ 3.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone52.0% ±3.7 pp
Carpool7.4% ±3.9 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp
Walk28.5% ±6.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home10.9% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 3,571 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.

6thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

46thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

37thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

29th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,427± 41 MOE
Workers age 16+3,571± 331 MOE
Workers with travel time3,183± 351 MOE
Estimated home workers388± 118 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.