ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36783552024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Warwick, New York

Mean one-way trip42.4 min±10.6 min MOE
Worked from home13.3%±4.4 pp MOE
Drove alone72.7%±8.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip30.9%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 commute36.9 min → 42.4 min▲ 5.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.7% → 13.3%▲ 3.7 pp

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

Public transit5.0% → 5.9%▲ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.2% → 72.7%▲ 0.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone72.7% ±8.9 pp
Carpool3.8% ±2.2 pp
Public transit5.9% ±3.4 pp
Walk4.0% ±2.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home13.3% ±4.4 pp

Each share uses 2,766 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.

99thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

58thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

92thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,585± 23 MOE
Workers age 16+2,766± 347 MOE
Workers with travel time2,398± 367 MOE
Estimated home workers368± 131 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.