ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42104642024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Butler, Pennsylvania

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.1 min one way; 7.6% worked from home, 71.6% drove alone, and 4.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.1 min±2.7 min MOE
Worked from home7.6%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone71.6%±4.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.3%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 Butler city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.7 min → 22.1 min▲ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.2% → 7.6%▲ 4.4 pp

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

Public transit3.3% → 1.7%▼ 1.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.3% → 71.6%▼ 4.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Butler city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.6%; 1.7% used public transit and 7.6% worked from home.

Drive alone71.6% ±4.3 pp
Carpool11.7% ±3.4 pp
Public transit1.7% ±1.2 pp
Walk5.1% ±1.9 pp
Bicycle1.2% ±1.1 pp
Work from home7.6% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 5,937 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Butler city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 33th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

33thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

29thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

30th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Butler city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,937 workers age 16+, including 5,488 workers with reported travel time and 449 home workers.

Population estimate13,212± 49 MOE
Workers age 16+5,937± 384 MOE
Workers with travel time5,488± 383 MOE
Estimated home workers449± 124 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 Butler city

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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