ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42152322024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Collingdale, Pennsylvania

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 32.8 min one way; 9.4% worked from home, 66.8% drove alone, and 13.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip32.8 min±6.0 min MOE
Worked from home9.4%±4.5 pp MOE
Drove alone66.8%±5.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.2%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 Collingdale borough's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute31.3 min → 32.8 min▲ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.6% → 9.4%▲ 1.8 pp

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

Public transit6.1% → 6.4%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone64.0% → 66.8%▲ 2.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Collingdale borough residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.8%; 6.4% used public transit and 9.4% worked from home.

Drive alone66.8% ±5.5 pp
Carpool6.5% ±2.4 pp
Public transit6.4% ±3.0 pp
Walk4.7% ±2.9 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.4 pp
Work from home9.4% ±4.5 pp

Each share uses 4,232 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Collingdale borough compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 87th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

87thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

38thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

93thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

83th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Collingdale borough's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,232 workers age 16+, including 3,836 workers with reported travel time and 396 home workers.

Population estimate8,897± 33 MOE
Workers age 16+4,232± 525 MOE
Workers with travel time3,836± 488 MOE
Estimated home workers396± 197 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 Collingdale borough

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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