ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42268722024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fort Washington, Pennsylvania

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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute29.0 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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

48thMean commute percentile

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

97thWork-from-home percentile

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

75thTransit percentile

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

56th60+ 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 the shares

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.