What is the average commute in Crafton borough, Pennsylvania?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 24.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Crafton borough, Pennsylvania work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 20.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.8 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 42168482024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Crafton, Pennsylvania

Name: Commute estimates for Crafton borough, Pennsylvania
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.0 min one way; 20.3% worked from home, 69.0% drove alone, and 7.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.0 min±5.3 min MOE

Worked from home20.3%±4.8 pp MOE

Drove alone69.0%±10.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip7.9%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 Crafton borough's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +10.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.1 min → 24.0 min▼ 3.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.2% → 20.3%▲ 10.1 pp

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

Public transit3.8% → 5.9%▲ 2.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.4% → 69.0%▼ 6.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Crafton borough residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.0%; 5.9% used public transit and 20.3% worked from home.

Drive alone69.0% ±10.8 pp

Carpool3.8% ±2.3 pp

Public transit5.9% ±3.7 pp

Walk1.0% ±1.1 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home20.3% ±4.8 pp

Each share uses 3,196 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Crafton borough compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 45th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

45^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

92^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

59^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Crafton borough's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,196 workers age 16+, including 2,547 workers with reported travel time and 649 home workers.

Population estimate5,961± 22 MOE

Workers age 16+3,196± 352 MOE

Workers with travel time2,547± 383 MOE

Estimated home workers649± 169 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 Crafton 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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