Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · PA · GEOID 420412024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.8 min one way; 17.7% worked from home, 71.0% drove alone, and 4.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip21.8 min±0.7 min MOE
Worked from home17.7%±0.9 pp MOE
Drove alone71.0%±1.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.1%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 Cumberland County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.1 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 Cumberland County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.0%; 0.2% used public transit and 17.7% worked from home.
Each share uses 130,931 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Cumberland County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 29th percentile among covered 100k–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 71% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 87% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 75% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 79% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Cumberland County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 130,931 workers age 16+, including 107,800 workers with reported travel time and 23,131 home workers.
Population estimate268,323± — MOE
Workers age 16+130,931± 1,426 MOE
Workers with travel time107,800± 1,688 MOE
Estimated home workers23,131± 1,235 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 Cumberland County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.