ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36802032024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

West Haverstraw, New York

Mean one-way trip30.4 min±5.8 min MOE
Worked from home12.1%±4.4 pp MOE
Drove alone66.5%±6.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.3%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 commute32.2 min → 30.4 min▼ 1.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.6% → 12.1%▲ 5.5 pp

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

Public transit8.3% → 7.7%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.7% → 66.5%▼ 12.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone66.5% ±6.3 pp
Carpool11.3% ±4.4 pp
Public transit7.7% ±5.3 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home12.1% ±4.4 pp

Each share uses 5,076 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.

79thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

52thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

95thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,711± 25 MOE
Workers age 16+5,076± 450 MOE
Workers with travel time4,462± 465 MOE
Estimated home workers614± 230 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.