ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36716202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Stony Brook University, New York

Mean one-way trip16.2 min±2.6 min MOE
Worked from home5.0%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone27.3%±5.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.8%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 commute19.6 min → 16.2 min▼ 3.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.4% → 5.0%▼ 3.4 pp

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

Public transit9.9% → 9.8%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone20.2% → 27.3%▲ 7.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone27.3% ±5.1 pp
Carpool11.2% ±3.8 pp
Public transit9.8% ±2.8 pp
Walk43.3% ±4.6 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.6 pp
Work from home5.0% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 3,382 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.

7thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

13thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

15th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,530± 237 MOE
Workers age 16+3,382± 320 MOE
Workers with travel time3,213± 319 MOE
Estimated home workers169± 89 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.