ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36660472024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sea Cliff, New York

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 36.2 min one way; 27.6% worked from home, 57.2% drove alone, and 26.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip36.2 min±11.7 min MOE
Worked from home27.6%±6.6 pp MOE
Drove alone57.2%±9.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip26.2%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 Sea Cliff village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +10.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute35.3 min → 36.2 min▲ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.9% → 27.6%▲ 10.7 pp

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

Public transit11.1% → 9.8%▼ 1.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.4% → 57.2%▼ 11.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Sea Cliff village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 57.2%; 9.8% used public transit and 27.6% worked from home.

Drive alone57.2% ±9.0 pp
Carpool2.2% ±2.0 pp
Public transit9.8% ±4.1 pp
Walk2.6% ±2.1 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.9 pp
Work from home27.6% ±6.6 pp

Each share uses 2,311 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Sea Cliff village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 94th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

94thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

92thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Sea Cliff village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,311 workers age 16+, including 1,673 workers with reported travel time and 638 home workers.

Population estimate5,033± 15 MOE
Workers age 16+2,311± 417 MOE
Workers with travel time1,673± 345 MOE
Estimated home workers638± 192 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 Sea Cliff 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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