ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · PA · GEOID 421172024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Tioga County, Pennsylvania

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.4 min one way; 7.8% worked from home, 78.5% drove alone, and 7.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.4 min±1.1 min MOE
Worked from home7.8%±1.0 pp MOE
Drove alone78.5%±1.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.4%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 Tioga County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.4 min → 24.4 min▼ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.3% → 7.8%▲ 1.5 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.6%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.2% → 78.5%▼ 2.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Tioga County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.5%; 0.6% used public transit and 7.8% worked from home.

Drive alone78.5% ±1.5 pp
Carpool8.1% ±1.0 pp
Public transit0.6% ±0.3 pp
Walk4.3% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.0 pp
Work from home7.8% ±1.0 pp

Each share uses 18,071 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Tioga County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 51th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

51thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 51% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

46thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 54% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

81thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 81% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

52th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 52% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Tioga County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 18,071 workers age 16+, including 16,666 workers with reported travel time and 1,405 home workers.

Population estimate40,945± — MOE
Workers age 16+18,071± 411 MOE
Workers with travel time16,666± 441 MOE
Estimated home workers1,405± 183 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 Tioga 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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