ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36816772024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

White Plains, New York

Mean one-way trip27.4 min±2.3 min MOE
Worked from home22.1%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone49.4%±2.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.1%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 commute27.8 min → 27.4 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.5% → 22.1%▲ 7.6 pp

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

Public transit14.0% → 12.5%▼ 1.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone51.8% → 49.4%▼ 2.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone49.4% ±2.3 pp
Carpool6.6% ±1.3 pp
Public transit12.5% ±1.6 pp
Walk6.6% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.3 pp
Work from home22.1% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 31,231 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.

63thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 63% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

79thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

98thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

84th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate60,666± 41 MOE
Workers age 16+31,231± 1,248 MOE
Workers with travel time24,343± 1,337 MOE
Estimated home workers6,888± 814 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.