ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36596412024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Poughkeepsie, New York

Mean one-way trip23.8 min±3.0 min MOE
Worked from home9.0%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone63.5%±4.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.8%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 commute24.8 min → 23.8 min▼ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.6% → 9.0%▲ 3.3 pp

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

Public transit7.7% → 6.0%▼ 1.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone64.8% → 63.5%▼ 1.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone63.5% ±4.1 pp
Carpool12.3% ±3.5 pp
Public transit6.0% ±2.0 pp
Walk5.8% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home9.0% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 15,172 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.

39thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 61% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

23thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 77% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

91thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

67th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate31,958± 37 MOE
Workers age 16+15,172± 849 MOE
Workers with travel time13,814± 911 MOE
Estimated home workers1,358± 339 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.