ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36804232024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Westmere, New York

Mean one-way trip18.0 min±3.2 min MOE
Worked from home10.3%±3.4 pp MOE
Drove alone74.8%±6.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.5%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 commute20.7 min → 18.0 min▼ 2.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.5% → 10.3%▼ 0.2 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.2%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.7% → 74.8%▲ 1.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.8% ±6.3 pp
Carpool8.0% ±3.4 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle2.0% ±3.0 pp
Work from home10.3% ±3.4 pp

Each share uses 4,484 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.

12thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

46thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

5th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,334± 758 MOE
Workers age 16+4,484± 422 MOE
Workers with travel time4,023± 423 MOE
Estimated home workers461± 158 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.