ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42233042024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ellwood City, Pennsylvania

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.0 min one way; 10.8% worked from home, 70.4% drove alone, and 4.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.0 min±4.3 min MOE
Worked from home10.8%±3.5 pp MOE
Drove alone70.4%±5.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.6%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 Ellwood City borough's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.0 min → 24.0 min▼ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.1% → 10.8%▲ 5.7 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.5% → 70.4%▼ 10.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Ellwood City borough residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.4%; 0.0% used public transit and 10.8% worked from home.

Drive alone70.4% ±5.1 pp
Carpool13.0% ±5.5 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk4.7% ±2.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home10.8% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 4,144 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Ellwood City borough compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 45th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

45thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

46thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 54% 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.

32th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Ellwood City borough's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,144 workers age 16+, including 3,697 workers with reported travel time and 447 home workers.

Population estimate7,532± 322 MOE
Workers age 16+4,144± 356 MOE
Workers with travel time3,697± 362 MOE
Estimated home workers447± 150 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 Ellwood 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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