ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36654312024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Scarsdale, New York

Mean one-way trip42.5 min±6.0 min MOE
Worked from home36.4%±4.1 pp MOE
Drove alone24.2%±3.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip34.4%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 commute43.2 min → 42.5 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home24.3% → 36.4%▲ 12.1 pp

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

Public transit36.0% → 29.3%▼ 6.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone31.0% → 24.2%▼ 6.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone24.2% ±3.5 pp
Carpool4.8% ±3.7 pp
Public transit29.3% ±4.0 pp
Walk3.1% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home36.4% ±4.1 pp

Each share uses 7,886 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.

99thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 98% 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 estimate18,010± 32 MOE
Workers age 16+7,886± 413 MOE
Workers with travel time5,016± 420 MOE
Estimated home workers2,870± 359 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.