ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36660582024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Seaford, New York

Mean one-way trip38.4 min±6.7 min MOE
Worked from home13.0%±3.7 pp MOE
Drove alone63.3%±8.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip26.9%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 commute39.1 min → 38.4 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.9% → 13.0%▲ 5.2 pp

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

Public transit15.9% → 15.1%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.7% → 63.3%▼ 5.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone63.3% ±8.6 pp
Carpool7.0% ±3.0 pp
Public transit15.1% ±5.0 pp
Walk1.1% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home13.0% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 8,188 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.

97thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 99% 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 the shares

Population estimate15,549± 1,330 MOE
Workers age 16+8,188± 790 MOE
Workers with travel time7,120± 656 MOE
Estimated home workers1,068± 321 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.