Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · PA · GEOID 420372024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Columbia County, Pennsylvania
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.7 min one way; 12.9% worked from home, 75.7% drove alone, and 5.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip21.7 min±1.1 min MOE
Worked from home12.9%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone75.7%±1.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.0%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 Columbia County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.5 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 Columbia County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.7%; 0.1% used public transit and 12.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 30,315 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Columbia County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 28th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 72% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 87% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 66% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 78% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Columbia County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 30,315 workers age 16+, including 26,401 workers with reported travel time and 3,914 home workers.
Population estimate65,362± — MOE
Workers age 16+30,315± 845 MOE
Workers with travel time26,401± 863 MOE
Estimated home workers3,914± 435 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 Columbia County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.