ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36820842024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Williamsville, New York

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.4 min one way; 25.3% worked from home, 64.9% drove alone, and 0.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip15.4 min±2.9 min MOE
Worked from home25.3%±6.0 pp MOE
Drove alone64.9%±4.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip0.6%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 Williamsville village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -4.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +10.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.8 min → 15.4 min▼ 4.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.0% → 25.3%▲ 10.3 pp

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

Public transit1.4% → 0.7%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.0% → 64.9%▼ 14.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Williamsville village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 64.9%; 0.7% used public transit and 25.3% worked from home.

Drive alone64.9% ±4.6 pp
Carpool4.8% ±4.0 pp
Public transit0.7% ±1.1 pp
Walk2.7% ±2.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home25.3% ±6.0 pp

Each share uses 2,885 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Williamsville village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 5th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

5thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

89thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

62thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

1th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Williamsville village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,885 workers age 16+, including 2,156 workers with reported travel time and 729 home workers.

Population estimate5,469± 48 MOE
Workers age 16+2,885± 270 MOE
Workers with travel time2,156± 257 MOE
Estimated home workers729± 186 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 Williamsville village

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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