Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36634182024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Rome, New York
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.0 min one way; 12.8% worked from home, 72.3% drove alone, and 2.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip18.0 min±1.6 min MOE
Worked from home12.8%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone72.3%±3.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.3%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 Rome city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.3 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 Rome city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.3%; 1.0% used public transit and 12.8% worked from home.
Each share uses 12,695 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Rome city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 10th 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 lower than about 90% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Rome city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 12,695 workers age 16+, including 11,065 workers with reported travel time and 1,630 home workers.
Population estimate31,795± 47 MOE
Workers age 16+12,695± 585 MOE
Workers with travel time11,065± 595 MOE
Estimated home workers1,630± 341 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 Rome city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.