Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36750212024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Tonawanda Town, New York
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.3 min one way; 14.1% worked from home, 71.6% drove alone, and 4.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip21.3 min±2.0 min MOE
Worked from home14.1%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone71.6%±3.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.6%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 Tonawanda Town CDP's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.8 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Tonawanda Town CDP residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.6%; 1.7% used public transit and 14.1% worked from home.
Each share uses 30,280 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Tonawanda Town CDP compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 23th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 77% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Tonawanda Town CDP's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 30,280 workers age 16+, including 26,023 workers with reported travel time and 4,257 home workers.
Population estimate56,806± 29 MOE
Workers age 16+30,280± 877 MOE
Workers with travel time26,023± 1,128 MOE
Estimated home workers4,257± 681 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
All New York reports →Comparable New York commute records for Tonawanda Town CDP
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.