ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36811272024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Westvale, New York

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.5 min one way; 15.0% worked from home, 77.4% drove alone, and 2.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip17.5 min±4.3 min MOE
Worked from home15.0%±4.1 pp MOE
Drove alone77.4%±6.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.9%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 Westvale CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute17.6 min → 17.5 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.5% → 15.0%▲ 7.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.1% → 77.4%▼ 7.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Westvale CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.4%; 0.0% used public transit and 15.0% worked from home.

Drive alone77.4% ±6.7 pp
Carpool5.8% ±3.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.8 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.8 pp
Work from home15.0% ±4.1 pp

Each share uses 2,428 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Westvale CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 10th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

10thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

64thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

15th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Westvale CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,428 workers age 16+, including 2,064 workers with reported travel time and 364 home workers.

Population estimate5,212± 389 MOE
Workers age 16+2,428± 293 MOE
Workers with travel time2,064± 290 MOE
Estimated home workers364± 108 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 Westvale 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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