ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42174482024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Croydon, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip28.0 min±5.4 min MOE
Worked from home8.9%±3.5 pp MOE
Drove alone78.4%±6.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.9%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute26.9 min → 28.0 min▲ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.4% → 8.9%▲ 4.5 pp

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

Public transit2.5% → 1.8%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.1% → 78.4%▼ 6.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.4% ±6.8 pp
Carpool9.1% ±3.6 pp
Public transit1.8% ±1.7 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.6 pp
Work from home8.9% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 4,394 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.

68thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

35thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

52th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,684± 757 MOE
Workers age 16+4,394± 536 MOE
Workers with travel time4,004± 514 MOE
Estimated home workers390± 163 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.