ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36703872024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Springs, New York

Mean one-way trip20.6 min±6.0 min MOE
Worked from home25.7%±9.6 pp MOE
Drove alone55.9%±6.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.5%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute30.0 min → 20.6 min▼ 9.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home25.8% → 25.7%▼ 0.1 pp

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

Public transit6.1% → 4.8%▼ 1.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone49.3% → 55.9%▲ 6.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone55.9% ±6.7 pp
Carpool8.3% ±6.9 pp
Public transit4.8% ±2.8 pp
Walk4.5% ±3.9 pp
Bicycle0.8% ±1.0 pp
Work from home25.7% ±9.6 pp

Each share uses 5,250 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.

24thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

5th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,163± 1,033 MOE
Workers age 16+5,250± 830 MOE
Workers with travel time3,902± 745 MOE
Estimated home workers1,348± 547 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.