ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36829422024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Woodmere, New York

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 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 → 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 residents usually get to work

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

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.

83thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 83% 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.

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 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.