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

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 32.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 7.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.6 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 36834262024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Yaphank, New York

Name: Commute estimates for Yaphank CDP, New York
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 32.0 min one way; 7.6% worked from home, 78.4% drove alone, and 8.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Yaphank CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.8 percentage points.

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 Yaphank CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.4%; 3.6% used public transit and 7.6% worked from home.

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

How Yaphank CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 84th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

84^thMean commute percentile

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

29^thWork-from-home percentile

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

87^thTransit percentile

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

63^th60+ 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 Yaphank CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,072 workers age 16+, including 3,762 workers with reported travel time and 310 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable New York commute records for Yaphank 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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