ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36633632024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Roessleville, New York

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.2 min one way; 14.8% worked from home, 70.1% drove alone, and 4.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.2 min±4.1 min MOE
Worked from home14.8%±3.8 pp MOE
Drove alone70.1%±6.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.0%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 Roessleville CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.2 min → 19.2 min▼ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.9% → 14.8%▲ 9.0 pp

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

Public transit4.8% → 3.5%▼ 1.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.0% → 70.1%▼ 2.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Roessleville CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.1%; 3.5% used public transit and 14.8% worked from home.

Drive alone70.1% ±6.8 pp
Carpool8.5% ±2.8 pp
Public transit3.5% ±1.9 pp
Walk2.0% ±1.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home14.8% ±3.8 pp

Each share uses 6,022 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Roessleville CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 17th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

17thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

64thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

86thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

27th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Roessleville CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,022 workers age 16+, including 5,128 workers with reported travel time and 894 home workers.

Population estimate10,968± 863 MOE
Workers age 16+6,022± 661 MOE
Workers with travel time5,128± 640 MOE
Estimated home workers894± 249 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

Comparable New York commute records for Roessleville CDP

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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