ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36781682024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wappingers Falls, New York

Mean one-way trip23.7 min±8.0 min MOE
Worked from home10.4%±8.4 pp MOE
Drove alone67.9%±6.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.3%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 commute29.0 min → 23.7 min▼ 5.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.5% → 10.4%▼ 0.1 pp

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

Public transit2.6% → 2.6%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone64.5% → 67.9%▲ 3.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone67.9% ±6.1 pp
Carpool15.6% ±15.4 pp
Public transit2.6% ±2.6 pp
Walk2.1% ±2.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home10.4% ±8.4 pp

Each share uses 2,620 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.

43thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

83thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

48th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,761± 290 MOE
Workers age 16+2,620± 473 MOE
Workers with travel time2,347± 549 MOE
Estimated home workers273± 225 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.