What is the average commute in Westmere CDP, New York?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Westmere CDP, New York work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · NY · GEOID 36804232024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Westmere, New York

Name: Commute estimates for Westmere CDP, New York
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.0 min one way; 10.3% worked from home, 74.8% drove alone, and 1.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Westmere CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.2 percentage points.

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 Westmere CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.8%; 0.2% used public transit and 10.3% worked from home.

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

How Westmere CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 12th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

12^thMean commute percentile

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

43^thWork-from-home percentile

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

46^thTransit percentile

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

5^th60+ 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 Westmere CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,484 workers age 16+, including 4,023 workers with reported travel time and 461 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable New York commute records for Westmere CDP

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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