Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42040322024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Bangor, Pennsylvania
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.0 min one way; 6.2% worked from home, 82.6% drove alone, and 7.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip27.0 min±5.5 min MOE
Worked from home6.2%±4.1 pp MOE
Drove alone82.6%±2.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.8%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 Bangor borough's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.6 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 Bangor borough residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 82.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 6.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 2,546 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Bangor borough compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 62th 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 higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Bangor borough's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 2,546 workers age 16+, including 2,389 workers with reported travel time and 157 home workers.
Population estimate5,163± 16 MOE
Workers age 16+2,546± 260 MOE
Workers with travel time2,389± 229 MOE
Estimated home workers157± 106 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 Bangor borough
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.