ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42053122024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bellevue, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip22.3 min±3.7 min MOE
Worked from home22.3%±4.0 pp MOE
Drove alone64.7%±6.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.5%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 commute23.6 min → 22.3 min▼ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.3% → 22.3%▲ 9.0 pp

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

Public transit7.7% → 2.5%▼ 5.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone65.9% → 64.7%▼ 1.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone64.7% ±6.2 pp
Carpool7.6% ±3.2 pp
Public transit2.5% ±1.7 pp
Walk2.3% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home22.3% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 4,599 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.

34thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

84thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82thTransit percentile

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

22th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,128± 21 MOE
Workers age 16+4,599± 439 MOE
Workers with travel time3,574± 406 MOE
Estimated home workers1,025± 207 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.