What is the average commute in Woodmere CDP, New York?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 41.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Woodmere CDP, New York work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 21.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.2 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · NY · GEOID 36829422024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Woodmere, New York

Name: Commute estimates for Woodmere CDP, New York
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 41.5 min one way; 21.6% worked from home, 56.7% drove alone, and 29.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip41.5 min±7.0 min MOE

Worked from home21.6%±5.2 pp MOE

Drove alone56.7%±6.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip29.5%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 Woodmere CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +4.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute37.5 min → 41.5 min▲ 4.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.7% → 21.6%▲ 5.9 pp

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

Public transit14.5% → 14.6%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone61.8% → 56.7%▼ 5.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Woodmere CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 56.7%; 14.6% used public transit and 21.6% worked from home.

Drive alone56.7% ±6.0 pp

Carpool5.8% ±2.1 pp

Public transit14.6% ±4.2 pp

Walk0.5% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home21.6% ±5.2 pp

Each share uses 7,454 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Woodmere CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 99th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

99^thMean commute percentile

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

83^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98^thTransit percentile

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

99^th60+ 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 Woodmere CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,454 workers age 16+, including 5,846 workers with reported travel time and 1,608 home workers.

Population estimate18,061± 1,660 MOE

Workers age 16+7,454± 720 MOE

Workers with travel time5,846± 610 MOE

Estimated home workers1,608± 419 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 Woodmere CDP

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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