Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42022882024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Ambridge, Pennsylvania
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.6 min one way; 11.8% worked from home, 64.0% drove alone, and 10.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip22.6 min±4.6 min MOE
Worked from home11.8%±3.4 pp MOE
Drove alone64.0%±6.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.8%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 Ambridge borough's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.4 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.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Ambridge borough residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 64.0%; 4.4% used public transit and 11.8% worked from home.
Each share uses 3,369 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Ambridge borough compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 36th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Ambridge borough's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 3,369 workers age 16+, including 2,971 workers with reported travel time and 398 home workers.
Population estimate6,890± 21 MOE
Workers age 16+3,369± 287 MOE
Workers with travel time2,971± 305 MOE
Estimated home workers398± 120 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 Ambridge borough
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.