What is the average commute in Darby borough, Pennsylvania?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 36.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.7 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 42181522024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Darby, Pennsylvania

Name: Commute estimates for Darby borough, Pennsylvania
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 36.6 min one way; 10.5% worked from home, 52.0% drove alone, and 19.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Darby borough's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.2 percentage points.

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 Darby borough residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 52.0%; 24.9% used public transit and 10.5% worked from home.

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

How Darby borough compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 95th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

95^thMean commute percentile

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

44^thWork-from-home percentile

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

100^thTransit percentile

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

93^th60+ 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 Darby borough's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,760 workers age 16+, including 3,365 workers with reported travel time and 395 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Pennsylvania commute records for Darby 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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