ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42047922024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip20.9 min±4.0 min MOE
Worked from home7.2%±2.8 pp MOE
Drove alone61.4%±6.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.6%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute20.6 min → 20.9 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.0% → 7.2%▲ 3.2 pp

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

Public transit5.2% → 3.9%▼ 1.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.8% → 61.4%▼ 7.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone61.4% ±6.9 pp
Carpool15.3% ±4.9 pp
Public transit3.9% ±2.6 pp
Walk10.9% ±3.7 pp
Bicycle0.7% ±0.9 pp
Work from home7.2% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 3,979 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.

26thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

26thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

13th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,850± 45 MOE
Workers age 16+3,979± 354 MOE
Workers with travel time3,693± 384 MOE
Estimated home workers286± 115 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.