ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36766612024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Valley Cottage, New York

Mean one-way trip33.5 min±8.8 min MOE
Worked from home15.9%±5.0 pp MOE
Drove alone67.3%±8.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip15.9%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 commute35.7 min → 33.5 min▼ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.1% → 15.9%▲ 6.8 pp

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

Public transit5.1% → 4.8%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.3% → 67.3%▼ 8.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone67.3% ±8.0 pp
Carpool7.3% ±3.3 pp
Public transit4.8% ±3.0 pp
Walk1.4% ±2.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home15.9% ±5.0 pp

Each share uses 4,352 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.

89thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

68thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

89th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,165± 989 MOE
Workers age 16+4,352± 728 MOE
Workers with travel time3,658± 651 MOE
Estimated home workers694± 247 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.