Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42072242024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Blue Bell, Pennsylvania
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.3 min one way; 35.0% worked from home, 58.2% drove alone, and 10.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip31.3 min±7.2 min MOE
Worked from home35.0%±6.2 pp MOE
Drove alone58.2%±6.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.5%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 Blue Bell CDP's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +12.2 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 Blue Bell CDP residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 58.2%; 1.9% used public transit and 35.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 3,065 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Blue Bell CDP compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 82th 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 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Blue Bell CDP's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 3,065 workers age 16+, including 1,992 workers with reported travel time and 1,073 home workers.
Population estimate6,424± 517 MOE
Workers age 16+3,065± 304 MOE
Workers with travel time1,992± 256 MOE
Estimated home workers1,073± 219 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 Blue Bell CDP
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.