ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42197522024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Downingtown, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip24.7 min±4.3 min MOE
Worked from home15.7%±5.8 pp MOE
Drove alone73.3%±4.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.0%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 commute23.5 min → 24.7 min▲ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.9% → 15.7%▲ 3.7 pp

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

Public transit2.1% → 0.3%▼ 1.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.6% → 73.3%▼ 1.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.3% ±4.8 pp
Carpool9.0% ±4.2 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home15.7% ±5.8 pp

Each share uses 4,943 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.

49thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

49thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

53th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,255± 24 MOE
Workers age 16+4,943± 402 MOE
Workers with travel time4,169± 365 MOE
Estimated home workers774± 292 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.