ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36834262024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Yaphank, New York

Mean one-way trip32.0 min±10.7 min MOE
Worked from home7.6%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone78.4%±17.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.7%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 commute35.8 min → 32.0 min▼ 3.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.8% → 7.6%▲ 3.8 pp

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

Public transit2.8% → 3.6%▲ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.9% → 78.4%▼ 3.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.4% ±17.5 pp
Carpool10.1% ±7.4 pp
Public transit3.6% ±2.6 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home7.6% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 4,072 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.

84thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

29thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

87thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

63th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,934± 938 MOE
Workers age 16+4,072± 716 MOE
Workers with travel time3,762± 700 MOE
Estimated home workers310± 118 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.