ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42275522024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Franklin Park, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip25.2 min±2.7 min MOE
Worked from home22.9%±3.6 pp MOE
Drove alone68.4%±4.0 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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute27.5 min → 25.2 min▼ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.5% → 22.9%▲ 6.4 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 0.6%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.1% → 68.4%▼ 5.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.4% ±4.0 pp
Carpool6.6% ±2.2 pp
Public transit0.6% ±0.7 pp
Walk0.2% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home22.9% ±3.6 pp

Each share uses 8,131 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.

52thMean commute percentile

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

86thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

60thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

19th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate15,235± 29 MOE
Workers age 16+8,131± 353 MOE
Workers with travel time6,270± 422 MOE
Estimated home workers1,861± 300 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.