ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36821172024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Williston Park, New York

Mean one-way trip39.4 min±6.4 min MOE
Worked from home11.0%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone62.5%±7.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip27.8%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 commute33.3 min → 39.4 min▲ 6.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.3% → 11.0%▲ 3.7 pp

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

Public transit14.7% → 14.9%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone65.4% → 62.5%▼ 2.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone62.5% ±7.1 pp
Carpool8.3% ±5.1 pp
Public transit14.9% ±4.2 pp
Walk0.9% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home11.0% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 3,353 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.

98thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

46thWork-from-home percentile

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

99thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,542± 75 MOE
Workers age 16+3,353± 285 MOE
Workers with travel time2,985± 281 MOE
Estimated home workers368± 106 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.