ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36827502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Woodbury, New York

Mean one-way trip42.9 min±7.2 min MOE
Worked from home12.1%±4.5 pp MOE
Drove alone73.4%±6.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip28.7%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 commute41.6 min → 42.9 min▲ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.4% → 12.1%▲ 4.7 pp

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

Public transit6.0% → 4.1%▼ 1.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.1% → 73.4%▼ 1.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.4% ±6.3 pp
Carpool9.3% ±3.8 pp
Public transit4.1% ±2.1 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home12.1% ±4.5 pp

Each share uses 5,288 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.

99thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

52thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,334± 300 MOE
Workers age 16+5,288± 404 MOE
Workers with travel time4,647± 460 MOE
Estimated home workers641± 245 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.