ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36789602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Webster, New York

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.5 min one way; 14.3% worked from home, 74.5% drove alone, and 4.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.5 min±4.9 min MOE
Worked from home14.3%±9.1 pp MOE
Drove alone74.5%±11.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.2%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 Webster village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.8 min → 21.5 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.1% → 14.3%▲ 2.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.3% → 74.5%▲ 5.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Webster village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.5%; 0.0% used public transit and 14.3% worked from home.

Drive alone74.5% ±11.3 pp
Carpool8.3% ±5.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp
Walk1.1% ±1.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home14.3% ±9.1 pp

Each share uses 2,957 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Webster village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 29th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

29thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

62thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

37thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

28th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Webster village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,957 workers age 16+, including 2,533 workers with reported travel time and 424 home workers.

Population estimate5,718± 17 MOE
Workers age 16+2,957± 294 MOE
Workers with travel time2,533± 397 MOE
Estimated home workers424± 272 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 Webster village

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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