ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36658932024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Scotia, New York

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

37thMean commute percentile

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

77thWork-from-home percentile

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

61thTransit percentile

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

26th60+ 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 the shares

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.