ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42110002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Camp Hill, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip20.7 min±4.1 min MOE
Worked from home34.3%±5.9 pp MOE
Drove alone57.0%±3.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.2%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 commute19.0 min → 20.7 min▲ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home18.9% → 34.3%▲ 15.5 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.5%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.4% → 57.0%▼ 10.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone57.0% ±3.7 pp
Carpool6.3% ±4.2 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.6 pp
Walk1.7% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home34.3% ±5.9 pp

Each share uses 4,194 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.

25thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

29th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,169± 39 MOE
Workers age 16+4,194± 317 MOE
Workers with travel time2,755± 278 MOE
Estimated home workers1,439± 269 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.