ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36635062024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Roosevelt, New York

Mean one-way trip38.1 min±6.3 min MOE
Worked from home12.8%±5.2 pp MOE
Drove alone56.4%±4.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip23.9%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute34.9 min → 38.1 min▲ 3.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.4% → 12.8%▲ 6.4 pp

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

Public transit14.9% → 13.5%▼ 1.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone61.3% → 56.4%▼ 4.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone56.4% ±4.7 pp
Carpool11.4% ±5.1 pp
Public transit13.5% ±4.3 pp
Walk3.7% ±2.1 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.5 pp
Work from home12.8% ±5.2 pp

Each share uses 9,723 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.

97thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

55thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate18,885± 1,613 MOE
Workers age 16+9,723± 927 MOE
Workers with travel time8,483± 800 MOE
Estimated home workers1,240± 520 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.