ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42116802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip24.6 min±3.5 min MOE
Worked from home12.3%±3.3 pp MOE
Drove alone65.3%±7.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.2%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 commute26.7 min → 24.6 min▼ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.0% → 12.3%▲ 3.3 pp

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

Public transit11.5% → 13.1%▲ 1.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.1% → 65.3%▼ 2.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone65.3% ±7.1 pp
Carpool6.3% ±2.4 pp
Public transit13.1% ±4.5 pp
Walk2.0% ±1.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home12.3% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 4,935 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.

49thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

53thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

4th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,209± 35 MOE
Workers age 16+4,935± 325 MOE
Workers with travel time4,327± 385 MOE
Estimated home workers608± 167 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.