Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · PA · GEOID 420172024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Bucks County, Pennsylvania
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.0 min one way; 19.6% worked from home, 69.6% drove alone, and 11.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip29.0 min±0.6 min MOE
Worked from home19.6%±0.6 pp MOE
Drove alone69.6%±0.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.4%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 Bucks County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.4 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Bucks County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.6%; 2.0% used public transit and 19.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 331,373 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Bucks County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 66th percentile among covered 500k+ countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 66% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 68% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 54% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 72% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Bucks County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 331,373 workers age 16+, including 266,462 workers with reported travel time and 64,911 home workers.
Population estimate647,461± — MOE
Workers age 16+331,373± 2,585 MOE
Workers with travel time266,462± 2,887 MOE
Estimated home workers64,911± 2,094 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
All Pennsylvania reports →Comparable Pennsylvania commute records for Bucks County
These 6 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.