ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42265922024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Forest Hills, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip27.5 min±4.8 min MOE
Worked from home28.1%±5.8 pp MOE
Drove alone56.1%±4.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.6%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute29.4 min → 27.5 min▼ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.5% → 28.1%▲ 13.6 pp

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

Public transit9.0% → 6.4%▼ 2.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.7% → 56.1%▼ 11.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone56.1% ±4.0 pp
Carpool7.6% ±3.3 pp
Public transit6.4% ±2.9 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home28.1% ±5.8 pp

Each share uses 3,496 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.

65thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

93thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

93thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

42th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,286± 25 MOE
Workers age 16+3,496± 290 MOE
Workers with travel time2,513± 282 MOE
Estimated home workers983± 218 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.