ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NY · GEOID 36840002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Yonkers, New York

Mean one-way trip35.6 min±1.6 min MOE
Worked from home11.6%±1.3 pp MOE
Drove alone49.2%±1.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip20.4%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 commute34.3 min → 35.6 min▲ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.2% → 11.6%▲ 3.4 pp

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

Public transit24.5% → 23.1%▼ 1.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone51.2% → 49.2%▼ 2.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone49.2% ±1.6 pp
Carpool9.4% ±1.0 pp
Public transit23.1% ±1.4 pp
Walk4.2% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.1 pp
Work from home11.6% ±1.3 pp

Each share uses 100,256 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.

97thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 97% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

36thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

100thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 100% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

98th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate209,978± 75 MOE
Workers age 16+100,256± 2,458 MOE
Workers with travel time88,641± 2,285 MOE
Estimated home workers11,615± 1,303 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.