ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · DE · GEOID 10643202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Seaford, Delaware

Mean one-way trip28.1 min±6.1 min MOE
Worked from home6.3%±3.4 pp MOE
Drove alone73.4%±5.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.6%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 commute27.4 min → 28.1 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.5% → 6.3%▼ 0.3 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 1.3%▲ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.2% → 73.4%▲ 5.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.4% ±5.7 pp
Carpool16.6% ±6.7 pp
Public transit1.3% ±2.0 pp
Walk1.8% ±1.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home6.3% ±3.4 pp

Each share uses 3,681 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.

69thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

21thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,485± 20 MOE
Workers age 16+3,681± 426 MOE
Workers with travel time3,450± 407 MOE
Estimated home workers231± 128 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.