ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42191602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Dickson City, Pennsylvania

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.4 min one way; 7.1% worked from home, 81.5% drove alone, and 9.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.4 min±10.9 min MOE
Worked from home7.1%±3.8 pp MOE
Drove alone81.5%±3.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.4%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 Dickson City borough's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.4 min → 25.4 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.1% → 7.1%▲ 1.9 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.0%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.5% → 81.5%▲ 3.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Dickson City borough residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.5%; 0.0% used public transit and 7.1% worked from home.

Drive alone81.5% ±3.0 pp
Carpool9.3% ±6.2 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk2.1% ±1.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home7.1% ±3.8 pp

Each share uses 2,705 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Dickson City borough compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 53th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

53thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

26thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

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

67th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Dickson City borough's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,705 workers age 16+, including 2,514 workers with reported travel time and 191 home workers.

Population estimate6,023± 39 MOE
Workers age 16+2,705± 287 MOE
Workers with travel time2,514± 258 MOE
Estimated home workers191± 104 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 Dickson City 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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