ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · DE · GEOID 10098502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Brookside, Delaware

Mean one-way trip25.3 min±4.2 min MOE
Worked from home14.5%±3.9 pp MOE
Drove alone71.5%±3.9 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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute25.3 min → 25.3 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.9% → 14.5%▲ 4.6 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 3.0%▲ 1.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.2% → 71.5%▼ 3.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.5% ±3.9 pp
Carpool6.6% ±2.3 pp
Public transit3.0% ±1.8 pp
Walk0.2% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.5 pp
Work from home14.5% ±3.9 pp

Each share uses 7,790 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

53thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

63thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

84thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

45th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate15,115± 1,163 MOE
Workers age 16+7,790± 745 MOE
Workers with travel time6,658± 704 MOE
Estimated home workers1,132± 320 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.