What is the average commute in Erie city, Pennsylvania?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Erie city, Pennsylvania work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 7.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.2 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 42240002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Erie, Pennsylvania

Name: Commute estimates for Erie city, Pennsylvania
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.3 min one way; 7.9% worked from home, 69.3% drove alone, and 3.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.3 min±1.2 min MOE

Worked from home7.9%±1.2 pp MOE

Drove alone69.3%±2.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.3%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 Erie city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute17.9 min → 18.3 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.3% → 7.9%▲ 2.6 pp

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

Public transit3.6% → 2.3%▼ 1.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.2% → 69.3%▼ 0.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Erie city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.3%; 2.3% used public transit and 7.9% worked from home.

Drive alone69.3% ±2.3 pp

Carpool10.9% ±1.8 pp

Public transit2.3% ±0.6 pp

Walk6.1% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle0.7% ±0.5 pp

Work from home7.9% ±1.2 pp

Each share uses 40,417 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Erie city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 11th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

11^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 89% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

17^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 83% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

74^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

16^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Erie city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 40,417 workers age 16+, including 37,236 workers with reported travel time and 3,181 home workers.

Population estimate93,850± 65 MOE

Workers age 16+40,417± 1,087 MOE

Workers with travel time37,236± 1,127 MOE

Estimated home workers3,181± 496 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 Erie city

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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