What is the average commute in Uniondale CDP, New York?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 32.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Uniondale CDP, New York work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.9 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · NY · GEOID 36760892024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Uniondale, New York

Name: Commute estimates for Uniondale CDP, New York
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 32.7 min one way; 8.7% worked from home, 60.8% drove alone, and 16.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip32.7 min±5.1 min MOE

Worked from home8.7%±1.9 pp MOE

Drove alone60.8%±4.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip16.8%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 Uniondale CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute30.5 min → 32.7 min▲ 2.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.2% → 8.7%▲ 2.4 pp

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

Public transit9.7% → 10.7%▲ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone61.3% → 60.8%▼ 0.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Uniondale CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 60.8%; 10.7% used public transit and 8.7% worked from home.

Drive alone60.8% ±4.9 pp

Carpool13.3% ±2.8 pp

Public transit10.7% ±3.2 pp

Walk4.5% ±1.1 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home8.7% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 15,497 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Uniondale CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 90th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

90^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 90% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

21^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

97^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

93^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Uniondale CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 15,497 workers age 16+, including 14,156 workers with reported travel time and 1,341 home workers.

Population estimate33,148± 2,045 MOE

Workers age 16+15,497± 1,208 MOE

Workers with travel time14,156± 1,216 MOE

Estimated home workers1,341± 314 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

Comparable New York commute records for Uniondale CDP

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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