ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42035442024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Audubon, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip28.0 min±6.2 min MOE
Worked from home30.6%±6.4 pp MOE
Drove alone60.3%±6.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.1%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute27.6 min → 28.0 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.7% → 30.6%▲ 16.9 pp

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

Public transit2.3% → 2.1%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.2% → 60.3%▼ 11.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone60.3% ±6.4 pp
Carpool2.6% ±2.5 pp
Public transit2.1% ±1.4 pp
Walk2.2% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home30.6% ±6.4 pp

Each share uses 4,035 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.

68thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

95thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

79th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,229± 642 MOE
Workers age 16+4,035± 399 MOE
Workers with travel time2,800± 354 MOE
Estimated home workers1,235± 285 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.