What is the average commute in Blakely borough, Pennsylvania?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Blakely borough, Pennsylvania work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.8 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · PA · GEOID 42069282024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Blakely, Pennsylvania

Name: Commute estimates for Blakely borough, Pennsylvania
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.4 min one way; 9.2% worked from home, 66.1% drove alone, and 4.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.4 min±4.6 min MOE

Worked from home9.2%±4.8 pp MOE

Drove alone66.1%±8.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.0%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 Blakely borough's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -7.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -2.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.6 min → 18.4 min▼ 7.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.0% → 9.2%▼ 2.7 pp

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

Public transit2.5% → 1.3%▼ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.3% → 66.1%▼ 4.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Blakely borough residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.1%; 1.3% used public transit and 9.2% worked from home.

Drive alone66.1% ±8.7 pp

Carpool18.2% ±12.1 pp

Public transit1.3% ±2.0 pp

Walk1.3% ±1.5 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp

Work from home9.2% ±4.8 pp

Each share uses 2,957 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Blakely borough compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 13th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

13^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

37^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

72^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

26^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Blakely borough's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,957 workers age 16+, including 2,684 workers with reported travel time and 273 home workers.

Population estimate6,662± 25 MOE

Workers age 16+2,957± 363 MOE

Workers with travel time2,684± 375 MOE

Estimated home workers273± 147 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

Comparable Pennsylvania commute records for Blakely borough

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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