ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42157762024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Connellsville, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip24.3 min±4.6 min MOE
Worked from home5.8%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone75.3%±5.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.5%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 commute24.4 min → 24.3 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.5% → 5.8%▲ 1.3 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.9%▲ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.0% → 75.3%▼ 5.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.3% ±5.0 pp
Carpool7.6% ±3.3 pp
Public transit0.9% ±1.1 pp
Walk8.3% ±4.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home5.8% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 2,993 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.

46thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

49th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,849± 39 MOE
Workers age 16+2,993± 263 MOE
Workers with travel time2,818± 270 MOE
Estimated home workers175± 79 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.