What is the average commute in Scotia village, New York?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 22.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Scotia village, New York work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 19.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.1 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 36658932024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Scotia, New York

Name: Commute estimates for Scotia village, New York
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.8 min one way; 19.0% worked from home, 64.9% drove alone, and 4.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.8 min±4.1 min MOE

Worked from home19.0%±6.1 pp MOE

Drove alone64.9%±5.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.0%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 Scotia village'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 +10.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.5 min → 22.8 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.4% → 19.0%▲ 10.6 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 0.7%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.5% → 64.9%▼ 12.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Scotia village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 64.9%; 0.7% used public transit and 19.0% worked from home.

Drive alone64.9% ±5.0 pp

Carpool8.1% ±5.3 pp

Public transit0.7% ±0.8 pp

Walk4.0% ±2.3 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.5 pp

Work from home19.0% ±6.1 pp

Each share uses 3,915 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Scotia village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 37th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

37^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

61^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

26^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Scotia village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,915 workers age 16+, including 3,170 workers with reported travel time and 745 home workers.

Population estimate7,264± 17 MOE

Workers age 16+3,915± 266 MOE

Workers with travel time3,170± 291 MOE

Estimated home workers745± 244 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 Scotia village

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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