Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · PA · GEOID 420452024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Delaware County, Pennsylvania
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.1 min one way; 18.0% worked from home, 64.4% drove alone, and 8.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip28.1 min±0.6 min MOE
Worked from home18.0%±0.6 pp MOE
Drove alone64.4%±0.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.2%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 Delaware County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.2 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 Delaware County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 64.4%; 5.9% used public transit and 18.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 278,394 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Delaware County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 59th 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 59% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 55% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 83% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 54% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Delaware County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 278,394 workers age 16+, including 228,237 workers with reported travel time and 50,157 home workers.
Population estimate579,222± — MOE
Workers age 16+278,394± 2,681 MOE
Workers with travel time228,237± 2,906 MOE
Estimated home workers50,157± 1,652 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 Delaware County
These 6 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.