ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36645842024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

St. James, New York

Mean one-way trip29.4 min±3.7 min MOE
Worked from home11.0%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone79.3%±5.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip14.9%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 commute34.1 min → 29.4 min▼ 4.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.7% → 11.0%▲ 4.3 pp

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

Public transit3.2% → 4.0%▲ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.2% → 79.3%▼ 5.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.3% ±5.1 pp
Carpool3.7% ±1.6 pp
Public transit4.0% ±1.7 pp
Walk1.4% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home11.0% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 6,448 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.

75thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

47thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 53% 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.

87th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,244± 931 MOE
Workers age 16+6,448± 517 MOE
Workers with travel time5,739± 487 MOE
Estimated home workers709± 208 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.