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QUICK STATS: Average Commute Time in Commack? 32 Minutes
And very few commuters are carpooling from town, according to Census data.
The average commuter in Commack is spending more than a half hour in the car every morning commute, but Census data show they are most likely riding alone.
Despite years of high gas prices hovering around $4 a gallon, 82 percent of Commack's nearly 17,000 commuters ride alone to work, while 5 percent carpool, according U.S. Census American Community Survey estimates from 2007-2011.
When it comes to public transportation, only 6 percent take a bus or a train to work, 0.01 percent use other means such as taxi, bicycle or motorcycle and 1 percent actually walk to work.
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While 31.6 minutes is the average commuter time for Commack overall, a recently compiled map by WNYC shows how commute time can vary by a minute or two depending on the neighborhood, though most communities in the greater Smithtown/Commack area hover around the 30-minute mark. Click here to see the full interactive map.
Of course, 5 percent of workers in Commack have no commute at all: They work at home.
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Census figures show that about 8.1 percent of U.S. workers have commutes of 60 minutes or longer — known as long commutes — and nearly 600,000 full-time workers had "megacommutes" of at least 90 minutes and 50 miles.
The average one-way daily commute for workers across the country is 25.5 minutes, and one in four commuters leave their county to work.
Workers who live in New York State have the highest rate of long commutes at 16.2 percent, followed by Maryland and New Jersey at 14.8 percent and 14.6 percent, respectively.
COMMUTING TO WORK Estimate Margin of Error Percent Percent Margin of Error Workers 16 years and over 16,152 +/-1,150 (X) (X) Car, truck, or van -- drove alone 13,307 +/-1,061 82.4% +/-2.6 Car, truck, or van -- carpooled 832 +/-235 5.2% +/-1.4 Public transportation (excluding taxicab) 1,035 +/-284 6.4% +/-1.8 Walked 156 +/-97 1.0% +/-0.6 Other means 18 +/-28 0.1% +/-0.2 Worked at home 804 +/-275 5.0% +/-1.6 Mean travel time to work (minutes) 31.6 +/-1.8 (X) (X) TotalCar, truck, or van - drove aloneCar, truck, or van - carpooledPublic transportation (excluding taxicab)WalkedTaxicab, motorcycle, bicycle, or other meansWorked at home White 15,339 12,479 925 1,139 149 11 636 Black or African American 80 80 0 0 0 0 0 American Indian and Alaska Native 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 Asian 766 578 79 90 0 0 19 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Some Other Race 107 83 7 0 0 0 17 Two Or More Races 74 74 0 0 0 0 0 Hispanic or Latino 701 590 27 27 12 0 45Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2007-2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.
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