What is the average commute in Southold CDP, New York?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Southold CDP, New York work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 15.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 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 36694522024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Southold, New York

Name: Commute estimates for Southold CDP, New York
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.3 min one way; 15.3% worked from home, 62.8% drove alone, and 14.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.3 min±7.9 min MOE

Worked from home15.3%±3.7 pp MOE

Drove alone62.8%±8.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip14.5%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 Southold CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.6 min → 27.3 min▲ 2.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.4% → 15.3%▲ 6.9 pp

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

Public transit6.3% → 5.8%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.7% → 62.8%▼ 14.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Southold CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 62.8%; 5.8% used public transit and 15.3% worked from home.

Drive alone62.8% ±8.1 pp

Carpool14.2% ±8.5 pp

Public transit5.8% ±3.8 pp

Walk1.7% ±1.6 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp

Work from home15.3% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 2,670 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Southold CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 64th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

64^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

65^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

92^thTransit percentile

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

86^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Southold CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,670 workers age 16+, including 2,262 workers with reported travel time and 408 home workers.

Population estimate6,397± 750 MOE

Workers age 16+2,670± 399 MOE

Workers with travel time2,262± 388 MOE

Estimated home workers408± 116 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 Southold CDP

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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