Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42028322024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Archbald, Pennsylvania
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.3 min one way; 9.3% worked from home, 83.5% drove alone, and 4.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip22.3 min±4.7 min MOE
Worked from home9.3%±3.6 pp MOE
Drove alone83.5%±4.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.1%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 Archbald borough's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.7 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 Archbald borough residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 83.5%; 0.6% used public transit and 9.3% worked from home.
Each share uses 3,669 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Archbald borough compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 34th 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 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Archbald borough's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 3,669 workers age 16+, including 3,326 workers with reported travel time and 343 home workers.
Population estimate7,404± 21 MOE
Workers age 16+3,669± 417 MOE
Workers with travel time3,326± 413 MOE
Estimated home workers343± 137 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 Archbald borough
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.