ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42181522024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Darby, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip36.6 min±7.4 min MOE
Worked from home10.5%±5.7 pp MOE
Drove alone52.0%±8.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip19.3%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 commute36.7 min → 36.6 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.3% → 10.5%▲ 1.2 pp

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

Public transit25.0% → 24.9%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone56.7% → 52.0%▼ 4.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone52.0% ±8.8 pp
Carpool6.9% ±3.4 pp
Public transit24.9% ±5.5 pp
Walk1.4% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home10.5% ±5.7 pp

Each share uses 3,760 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.

95thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

100thTransit percentile

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

93th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,687± 21 MOE
Workers age 16+3,760± 428 MOE
Workers with travel time3,365± 420 MOE
Estimated home workers395± 220 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.