What is the average commute in Fort Washington CDP, Pennsylvania?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 24.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Fort Washington CDP, Pennsylvania work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 33.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.5 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 42268722024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fort Washington, Pennsylvania

Name: Commute estimates for Fort Washington CDP, Pennsylvania
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.6 min one way; 33.1% worked from home, 57.4% drove alone, and 7.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.6 min±5.4 min MOE

Worked from home33.1%±5.5 pp MOE

Drove alone57.4%±4.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip7.4%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 Fort Washington CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -4.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +14.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute29.0 min → 24.6 min▼ 4.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home18.3% → 33.1%▲ 14.8 pp

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

Public transit3.3% → 1.6%▼ 1.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.4% → 57.4%▼ 16.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Fort Washington CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 57.4%; 1.6% used public transit and 33.1% worked from home.

Drive alone57.4% ±4.7 pp

Carpool5.0% ±3.2 pp

Public transit1.6% ±1.6 pp

Walk1.9% ±1.2 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.4 pp

Work from home33.1% ±5.5 pp

Each share uses 3,293 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Fort Washington CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 48th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

48^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Fort Washington CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,293 workers age 16+, including 2,204 workers with reported travel time and 1,089 home workers.

Population estimate6,271± 644 MOE

Workers age 16+3,293± 423 MOE

Workers with travel time2,204± 325 MOE

Estimated home workers1,089± 229 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 Fort Washington CDP

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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