ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42113362024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Carnegie, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip24.6 min±3.5 min MOE
Worked from home21.5%±5.6 pp MOE
Drove alone64.8%±6.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.6%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 commute25.5 min → 24.6 min▼ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.1% → 21.5%▲ 7.3 pp

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

Public transit8.0% → 4.7%▼ 3.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone66.9% → 64.8%▼ 2.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone64.8% ±6.6 pp
Carpool6.4% ±2.7 pp
Public transit4.7% ±1.9 pp
Walk2.1% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.5 pp
Work from home21.5% ±5.6 pp

Each share uses 4,702 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.

48thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

83thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

22th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,978± 61 MOE
Workers age 16+4,702± 340 MOE
Workers with travel time3,692± 328 MOE
Estimated home workers1,010± 275 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.