What is the average commute in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 7.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.7 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

COUNTY · PA · GEOID 421072024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Name: Commute estimates for Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.3 min one way; 7.3% worked from home, 77.8% drove alone, and 10.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.3 min±1.0 min MOE

Worked from home7.3%±0.7 pp MOE

Drove alone77.8%±1.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip10.1%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 Schuylkill 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 +2.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.7 min → 27.3 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.4% → 7.3%▲ 2.9 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.4%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.2% → 77.8%▼ 3.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Schuylkill County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.8%; 0.4% used public transit and 7.3% worked from home.

Drive alone77.8% ±1.4 pp

Carpool10.3% ±1.2 pp

Public transit0.4% ±0.2 pp

Walk2.9% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home7.3% ±0.7 pp

Each share uses 63,446 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Schuylkill County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 76th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

76^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 76% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

12^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 88% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

39^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 61% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

81^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 81% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Schuylkill County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 63,446 workers age 16+, including 58,842 workers with reported travel time and 4,604 home workers.

Population estimate143,558± — MOE

Workers age 16+63,446± 878 MOE

Workers with travel time58,842± 960 MOE

Estimated home workers4,604± 458 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 Schuylkill County

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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