Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42021842024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Altoona, Pennsylvania
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.9 min one way; 7.0% worked from home, 77.0% drove alone, and 2.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip17.9 min±1.3 min MOE
Worked from home7.0%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone77.0%±2.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.5%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 Altoona city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.0 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Altoona city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.0%; 1.3% used public transit and 7.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 19,386 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Altoona city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 9th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 91% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 94% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Altoona city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 19,386 workers age 16+, including 18,023 workers with reported travel time and 1,363 home workers.
Population estimate43,196± 48 MOE
Workers age 16+19,386± 768 MOE
Workers with travel time18,023± 762 MOE
Estimated home workers1,363± 270 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
All Pennsylvania reports →Comparable Pennsylvania commute records for Altoona city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.