ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42111522024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Canonsburg, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip24.4 min±4.1 min MOE
Worked from home21.1%±6.1 pp MOE
Drove alone70.9%±6.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.0%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute23.9 min → 24.4 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.1% → 21.1%▲ 6.0 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 0.1%▼ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.2% → 70.9%▼ 3.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.9% ±6.8 pp
Carpool2.2% ±1.0 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp
Walk3.6% ±2.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home21.1% ±6.1 pp

Each share uses 5,503 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.

47thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

42thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

53th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,675± 23 MOE
Workers age 16+5,503± 271 MOE
Workers with travel time4,343± 422 MOE
Estimated home workers1,160± 340 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.