ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · PA · GEOID 420932024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Montour County, Pennsylvania

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.4 min one way; 12.9% worked from home, 73.4% drove alone, and 4.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.4 min±1.8 min MOE
Worked from home12.9%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone73.4%±3.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.4%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 Montour 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 +4.0 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute18.8 min → 19.4 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.8% → 12.9%▲ 4.0 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit0.0% → 0.2%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.2% → 73.4%▼ 3.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Montour County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.4%; 0.2% used public transit and 12.9% worked from home.

Drive alone73.4% ±3.3 pp
Carpool4.9% ±1.2 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp
Walk7.4% ±1.6 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home12.9% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 8,444 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Montour County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 22th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

22thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 78% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

90thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 90% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

64thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 64% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

18th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 82% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Montour County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,444 workers age 16+, including 7,357 workers with reported travel time and 1,087 home workers.

Population estimate18,103± — MOE
Workers age 16+8,444± 323 MOE
Workers with travel time7,357± 356 MOE
Estimated home workers1,087± 207 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

Comparable Pennsylvania commute records for Montour County

These 6 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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