What is the average commute in Chester city, Pennsylvania?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 22.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Chester city, Pennsylvania work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · PA · GEOID 42132082024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Chester, Pennsylvania

Name: Commute estimates for Chester city, Pennsylvania
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.9 min one way; 9.5% worked from home, 58.1% drove alone, and 7.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.9 min±2.2 min MOE

Worked from home9.5%±2.5 pp MOE

Drove alone58.1%±4.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip7.7%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 Chester city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.2 min → 22.9 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.5% → 9.5%▲ 2.1 pp

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

Public transit9.6% → 9.7%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone63.4% → 58.1%▼ 5.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Chester city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 58.1%; 9.7% used public transit and 9.5% worked from home.

Drive alone58.1% ±4.2 pp

Carpool11.1% ±2.6 pp

Public transit9.7% ±2.7 pp

Walk8.7% ±2.5 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp

Work from home9.5% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 12,526 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Chester city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 34th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

34^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 66% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

26^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

96^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

60^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Chester city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 12,526 workers age 16+, including 11,332 workers with reported travel time and 1,194 home workers.

Population estimate33,619± 59 MOE

Workers age 16+12,526± 725 MOE

Workers with travel time11,332± 688 MOE

Estimated home workers1,194± 325 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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Pennsylvania commute records for Chester city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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