Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · PA · GEOID 420292024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Chester County, Pennsylvania
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.9 min one way; 24.1% worked from home, 64.6% drove alone, and 8.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip26.9 min±0.6 min MOE
Worked from home24.1%±0.7 pp MOE
Drove alone64.6%±0.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.3%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 Chester 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 +7.7 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 Chester County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 64.6%; 1.3% used public transit and 24.1% worked from home.
Each share uses 283,105 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Chester County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 50th 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 lower than about 50% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 86% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 66% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 55% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Chester County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 283,105 workers age 16+, including 214,791 workers with reported travel time and 68,314 home workers.
Population estimate547,840± — MOE
Workers age 16+283,105± 2,181 MOE
Workers with travel time214,791± 2,627 MOE
Estimated home workers68,314± 1,991 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 Chester County
These 6 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.