Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36632642024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Rockville Centre, New York
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 37.3 min one way; 25.4% worked from home, 52.2% drove alone, and 26.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip37.3 min±3.5 min MOE
Worked from home25.4%±3.3 pp MOE
Drove alone52.2%±4.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip26.9%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 Rockville Centre village's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.6 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 Rockville Centre village residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 52.2%; 13.8% used public transit and 25.4% worked from home.
Each share uses 12,092 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Rockville Centre village compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 98th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 98% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Rockville Centre village's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 12,092 workers age 16+, including 9,016 workers with reported travel time and 3,076 home workers.
Population estimate25,765± 28 MOE
Workers age 16+12,092± 498 MOE
Workers with travel time9,016± 504 MOE
Estimated home workers3,076± 418 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 Rockville Centre village
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.