Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42195762024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Dormont, Pennsylvania
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.9 min one way; 26.3% worked from home, 52.4% drove alone, and 3.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip25.9 min±3.4 min MOE
Worked from home26.3%±3.7 pp MOE
Drove alone52.4%±5.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.2%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 Dormont borough's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.4 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Dormont borough residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 52.4%; 10.3% used public transit and 26.3% worked from home.
Each share uses 5,168 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Dormont borough compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 57th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Dormont borough's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 5,168 workers age 16+, including 3,809 workers with reported travel time and 1,359 home workers.
Population estimate8,063± 29 MOE
Workers age 16+5,168± 233 MOE
Workers with travel time3,809± 294 MOE
Estimated home workers1,359± 203 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
All Pennsylvania reports →Comparable Pennsylvania commute records for Dormont borough
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.