What is the average commute in Brookhaven borough, Pennsylvania?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 12.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.3 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 42090802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Brookhaven, Pennsylvania

Name: Commute estimates for Brookhaven borough, Pennsylvania
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.2 min one way; 12.0% worked from home, 81.3% drove alone, and 6.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.2 min±4.6 min MOE

Worked from home12.0%±4.3 pp MOE

Drove alone81.3%±4.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.4%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 Brookhaven borough's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.0 min → 27.2 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.8% → 12.0%▲ 8.3 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.3%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.6% → 81.3%▼ 5.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Brookhaven borough residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.3%; 0.3% used public transit and 12.0% worked from home.

Drive alone81.3% ±4.4 pp

Carpool4.0% ±2.1 pp

Public transit0.3% ±0.4 pp

Walk2.2% ±2.0 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home12.0% ±4.3 pp

Each share uses 4,560 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Brookhaven borough compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 64th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

64^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

52^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

50^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

48^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Brookhaven borough's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,560 workers age 16+, including 4,011 workers with reported travel time and 549 home workers.

Population estimate8,331± 23 MOE

Workers age 16+4,560± 339 MOE

Workers with travel time4,011± 339 MOE

Estimated home workers549± 202 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 Brookhaven 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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