ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42281442024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fullerton, Pennsylvania

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.0 min one way; 8.0% worked from home, 76.3% drove alone, and 7.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.0 min±3.7 min MOE
Worked from home8.0%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone76.3%±5.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.5%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 Fullerton CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.6 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 commute24.3 min → 25.0 min▲ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.4% → 8.0%▲ 2.6 pp

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

Public transit2.0% → 1.4%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.2% → 76.3%▼ 3.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Fullerton CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.3%; 1.4% used public transit and 8.0% worked from home.

Drive alone76.3% ±5.7 pp
Carpool11.8% ±4.2 pp
Public transit1.4% ±1.0 pp
Walk1.1% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home8.0% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 9,028 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Fullerton CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 51th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

51thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

31thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 73% 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 Fullerton CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 9,028 workers age 16+, including 8,308 workers with reported travel time and 720 home workers.

Population estimate16,724± 823 MOE
Workers age 16+9,028± 746 MOE
Workers with travel time8,308± 774 MOE
Estimated home workers720± 177 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 Fullerton 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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