Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · PA · GEOID 420692024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.1 min one way; 10.0% worked from home, 75.9% drove alone, and 4.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip21.1 min±0.7 min MOE
Worked from home10.0%±0.7 pp MOE
Drove alone75.9%±1.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.6%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 Lackawanna 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 +2.8 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 Lackawanna County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.9%; 0.6% used public transit and 10.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 98,942 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Lackawanna County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 21th 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 79% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 68% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 57% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 70% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Lackawanna County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 98,942 workers age 16+, including 89,005 workers with reported travel time and 9,937 home workers.
Population estimate216,146± — MOE
Workers age 16+98,942± 1,433 MOE
Workers with travel time89,005± 1,380 MOE
Estimated home workers9,937± 698 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 Lackawanna County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.