ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36827442024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Woodbury, New York

Mean one-way trip34.9 min±6.3 min MOE
Worked from home26.8%±6.1 pp MOE
Drove alone56.1%±2.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip19.9%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute37.5 min → 34.9 min▼ 2.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.6% → 26.8%▲ 10.2 pp

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

Public transit13.2% → 11.7%▼ 1.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone60.0% → 56.1%▼ 3.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone56.1% ±2.6 pp
Carpool3.0% ±2.8 pp
Public transit11.7% ±3.8 pp
Walk2.3% ±1.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home26.8% ±6.1 pp

Each share uses 3,842 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.

92thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

91thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98thTransit percentile

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

94th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,348± 828 MOE
Workers age 16+3,842± 425 MOE
Workers with travel time2,814± 297 MOE
Estimated home workers1,028± 261 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.