What is the average commute in Salamanca city, New York?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 17.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Salamanca city, New York work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 4.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.6 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · NY · GEOID 36647492024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Salamanca, New York

Name: Commute estimates for Salamanca city, New York
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.6 min one way; 4.1% worked from home, 68.5% drove alone, and 4.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip17.6 min±2.2 min MOE

Worked from home4.1%±1.6 pp MOE

Drove alone68.5%±3.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.9%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 Salamanca city'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 +1.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute16.6 min → 17.6 min▲ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.3% → 4.1%▲ 1.8 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.7%▲ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.6% → 68.5%▼ 8.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Salamanca city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.5%; 0.7% used public transit and 4.1% worked from home.

Drive alone68.5% ±3.4 pp

Carpool16.7% ±4.3 pp

Public transit0.7% ±0.7 pp

Walk9.4% ±3.1 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp

Work from home4.1% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 2,278 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Salamanca city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 11th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

11^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

9^thWork-from-home percentile

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

62^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

35^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Salamanca city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,278 workers age 16+, including 2,184 workers with reported travel time and 94 home workers.

Population estimate5,846± 26 MOE

Workers age 16+2,278± 145 MOE

Workers with travel time2,184± 149 MOE

Estimated home workers94± 37 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 Salamanca city

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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