Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36655082024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Schenectady, New York
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.0 min one way; 10.9% worked from home, 67.3% drove alone, and 3.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip22.0 min±1.6 min MOE
Worked from home10.9%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone67.3%±2.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.5%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 Schenectady city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.5 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 Schenectady city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 67.3%; 6.5% used public transit and 10.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 30,540 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Schenectady city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 28th 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 72% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 65% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 81% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Schenectady city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 30,540 workers age 16+, including 27,219 workers with reported travel time and 3,321 home workers.
Population estimate68,847± 39 MOE
Workers age 16+30,540± 1,178 MOE
Workers with travel time27,219± 1,156 MOE
Estimated home workers3,321± 453 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 Schenectady city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.