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

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 2.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.7 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 36696062024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Southport, New York

Name: Commute estimates for Southport CDP, New York
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.1 min one way; 2.6% worked from home, 82.4% drove alone, and 3.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.1 min±3.5 min MOE

Worked from home2.6%±1.7 pp MOE

Drove alone82.4%±4.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.7%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 Southport CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute16.5 min → 19.1 min▲ 2.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home0.0% → 2.6%▲ 2.6 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.4%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone90.5% → 82.4%▼ 8.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Southport CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 82.4%; 0.4% used public transit and 2.6% worked from home.

Drive alone82.4% ±4.9 pp

Carpool10.6% ±4.2 pp

Public transit0.4% ±0.6 pp

Walk2.3% ±2.4 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp

Work from home2.6% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 3,156 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Southport CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 17th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

17^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

4^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

52^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

23^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Southport CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,156 workers age 16+, including 3,074 workers with reported travel time and 82 home workers.

Population estimate6,450± 298 MOE

Workers age 16+3,156± 310 MOE

Workers with travel time3,074± 307 MOE

Estimated home workers82± 55 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 Southport 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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