Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · PA · GEOID 420712024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.8 min one way; 11.6% worked from home, 71.8% drove alone, and 5.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip23.8 min±0.5 min MOE
Worked from home11.6%±0.5 pp MOE
Drove alone71.8%±0.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.9%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 Lancaster County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.6 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 Lancaster County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.8%; 0.7% used public transit and 11.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 276,350 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Lancaster County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 24th 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 lower than about 76% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 88% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 64% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Lancaster County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 276,350 workers age 16+, including 244,287 workers with reported travel time and 32,063 home workers.
Population estimate557,931± — MOE
Workers age 16+276,350± 2,295 MOE
Workers with travel time244,287± 2,684 MOE
Estimated home workers32,063± 1,531 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 Lancaster County
These 6 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.