Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · PA · GEOID 421132024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Sullivan County, Pennsylvania
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.4 min one way; 7.9% worked from home, 80.3% drove alone, and 12.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip31.4 min±3.1 min MOE
Worked from home7.9%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone80.3%±2.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.3%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 Sullivan County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.4 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 Sullivan County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.3%; 0.2% used public transit and 7.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 2,478 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Sullivan County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 86th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 86% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 55% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 59% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 76% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Sullivan County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 2,478 workers age 16+, including 2,282 workers with reported travel time and 196 home workers.
Population estimate5,888± — MOE
Workers age 16+2,478± 134 MOE
Workers with travel time2,282± 135 MOE
Estimated home workers196± 46 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 Sullivan County
These 6 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.