ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42112722024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip18.6 min±2.8 min MOE
Worked from home9.9%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone68.0%±4.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.0%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 commute17.8 min → 18.6 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.8% → 9.9%▼ 0.9 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.3%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.8% → 68.0%▲ 0.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.0% ±4.7 pp
Carpool4.4% ±1.6 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.3 pp
Walk12.2% ±2.6 pp
Bicycle2.7% ±1.6 pp
Work from home9.9% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 11,281 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.

14thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

41thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

48thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

27th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate21,852± 41 MOE
Workers age 16+11,281± 677 MOE
Workers with travel time10,159± 696 MOE
Estimated home workers1,122± 264 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.