ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36730002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Syracuse, New York

Mean one-way trip18.0 min±0.9 min MOE
Worked from home12.0%±1.1 pp MOE
Drove alone58.5%±1.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.9%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 commute17.4 min → 18.0 min▲ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.8% → 12.0%▲ 4.3 pp

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

Public transit7.6% → 6.3%▼ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone62.2% → 58.5%▼ 3.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone58.5% ±1.4 pp
Carpool9.7% ±1.2 pp
Public transit6.3% ±1.0 pp
Walk9.3% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.9% ±0.4 pp
Work from home12.0% ±1.1 pp

Each share uses 60,912 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.

6thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 94% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

39thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

92thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

26th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate146,384± 135 MOE
Workers age 16+60,912± 1,426 MOE
Workers with travel time53,578± 1,257 MOE
Estimated home workers7,334± 667 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.