ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42024162024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ancient Oaks, Pennsylvania

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.7 min one way; 22.6% worked from home, 69.3% drove alone, and 5.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.7 min±4.3 min MOE
Worked from home22.6%±6.5 pp MOE
Drove alone69.3%±8.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.6%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 Ancient Oaks CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -4.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.9 min → 21.7 min▼ 4.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.1% → 22.6%▲ 7.5 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.0%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.3% → 69.3%▼ 9.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Ancient Oaks CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.3%; 0.0% used public transit and 22.6% worked from home.

Drive alone69.3% ±8.4 pp
Carpool4.5% ±2.0 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk2.4% ±3.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home22.6% ±6.5 pp

Each share uses 3,752 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Ancient Oaks CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 30th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

30thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

42th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Ancient Oaks CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,752 workers age 16+, including 2,903 workers with reported travel time and 849 home workers.

Population estimate7,777± 830 MOE
Workers age 16+3,752± 364 MOE
Workers with travel time2,903± 369 MOE
Estimated home workers849± 257 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 Pennsylvania commute records for Ancient Oaks 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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