ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36643092024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Rye, New York

Mean one-way trip39.8 min±5.5 min MOE
Worked from home26.5%±3.5 pp MOE
Drove alone38.5%±5.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip37.3%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute39.1 min → 39.8 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home21.4% → 26.5%▲ 5.1 pp

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

Public transit30.1% → 28.6%▼ 1.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone39.3% → 38.5%▼ 0.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone38.5% ±5.6 pp
Carpool1.7% ±0.9 pp
Public transit28.6% ±4.7 pp
Walk2.9% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home26.5% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 7,198 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.

98thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

91thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

100thTransit percentile

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

100th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate16,428± 47 MOE
Workers age 16+7,198± 389 MOE
Workers with travel time5,293± 452 MOE
Estimated home workers1,905± 274 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.