ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36678512024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Smithtown, New York

Mean one-way trip33.2 min±4.9 min MOE
Worked from home18.6%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone71.8%±4.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip16.4%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 commute34.1 min → 33.2 min▼ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.6% → 18.6%▲ 8.1 pp

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

Public transit3.5% → 3.9%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.2% → 71.8%▼ 9.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.8% ±4.0 pp
Carpool4.7% ±1.5 pp
Public transit3.9% ±1.5 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home18.6% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 12,681 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.

88thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate24,375± 1,310 MOE
Workers age 16+12,681± 1,115 MOE
Workers with travel time10,317± 999 MOE
Estimated home workers2,364± 432 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.