ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42020562024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Allison Park, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip25.3 min±3.3 min MOE
Worked from home22.0%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone67.7%±3.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.7%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 commute25.2 min → 25.3 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.6% → 22.0%▲ 10.4 pp

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

Public transit2.1% → 1.3%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.2% → 67.7%▼ 8.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone67.7% ±3.3 pp
Carpool5.8% ±2.0 pp
Public transit1.3% ±0.9 pp
Walk1.3% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.3 pp
Work from home22.0% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 11,765 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.

84thWork-from-home percentile

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

72thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

23th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate22,045± 1,277 MOE
Workers age 16+11,765± 917 MOE
Workers with travel time9,182± 825 MOE
Estimated home workers2,583± 409 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.