Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · PA · GEOID 420472024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Elk County, Pennsylvania
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.3 min one way; 3.1% worked from home, 84.8% drove alone, and 3.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip18.3 min±1.1 min MOE
Worked from home3.1%±1.1 pp MOE
Drove alone84.8%±2.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.8%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 Elk 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 +0.5 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 Elk County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 84.8%; 0.4% used public transit and 3.1% worked from home.
Each share uses 14,375 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Elk County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 8th 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 92% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 97% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 71% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 91% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Elk County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 14,375 workers age 16+, including 13,935 workers with reported travel time and 440 home workers.
Population estimate30,506± — MOE
Workers age 16+14,375± 393 MOE
Workers with travel time13,935± 404 MOE
Estimated home workers440± 161 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 Elk County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.