What is the average commute in Pike Creek CDP, Delaware?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Pike Creek CDP, Delaware work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 18.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 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.

PLACE · DE · GEOID 10564902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pike Creek, Delaware

Name: Commute estimates for Pike Creek CDP, Delaware
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.0 min one way; 18.3% worked from home, 67.1% drove alone, and 4.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.0 min±9.4 min MOE

Worked from home18.3%±4.5 pp MOE

Drove alone67.1%±6.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.8%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 Pike Creek CDP'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 +5.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute30.0 min → 29.0 min▼ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.7% → 18.3%▲ 5.6 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.5%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.5% → 67.1%▼ 7.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Pike Creek CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 67.1%; 0.5% used public transit and 18.3% worked from home.

Drive alone67.1% ±6.0 pp

Carpool12.4% ±6.7 pp

Public transit0.5% ±1.0 pp

Walk0.7% ±1.2 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home18.3% ±4.5 pp

Each share uses 3,604 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Pike Creek CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 73th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

73^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

57^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

34^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Pike Creek CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,604 workers age 16+, including 2,943 workers with reported travel time and 661 home workers.

Population estimate7,129± 869 MOE

Workers age 16+3,604± 512 MOE

Workers with travel time2,943± 464 MOE

Estimated home workers661± 187 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 Delaware commute records for Pike Creek CDP

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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