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

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 20.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 18.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.0 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 10565002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pike Creek Valley, Delaware

Name: Commute estimates for Pike Creek Valley CDP, Delaware
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.7 min one way; 18.2% worked from home, 66.2% drove alone, and 4.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.7 min±4.7 min MOE

Worked from home18.2%±4.0 pp MOE

Drove alone66.2%±7.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.3%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 Pike Creek Valley CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.6 min → 20.7 min▼ 3.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.8% → 18.2%▲ 6.4 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.2%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.4% → 66.2%▼ 11.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Pike Creek Valley CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.2%; 0.2% used public transit and 18.2% worked from home.

Drive alone66.2% ±7.2 pp

Carpool12.8% ±7.2 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp

Walk1.0% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.0 pp

Work from home18.2% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 6,928 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Pike Creek Valley CDP compares with similar-size places

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

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

25^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

74^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43^thTransit percentile

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

29^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Pike Creek Valley CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,928 workers age 16+, including 5,668 workers with reported travel time and 1,260 home workers.

Population estimate12,431± 1,150 MOE

Workers age 16+6,928± 859 MOE

Workers with travel time5,668± 842 MOE

Estimated home workers1,260± 318 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 Valley 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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