What is the average commute in Gettysburg borough, Pennsylvania?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 16.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Gettysburg borough, Pennsylvania work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 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 42289602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Name: Commute estimates for Gettysburg borough, Pennsylvania
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.4 min one way; 10.1% worked from home, 46.6% drove alone, and 4.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip16.4 min±3.1 min MOE

Worked from home10.1%±3.7 pp MOE

Drove alone46.6%±7.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.7%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 Gettysburg borough's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute17.2 min → 16.4 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.8% → 10.1%▲ 2.4 pp

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

Public transit2.3% → 1.1%▼ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone50.0% → 46.6%▼ 3.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Gettysburg borough residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 46.6%; 1.1% used public transit and 10.1% worked from home.

Drive alone46.6% ±7.0 pp

Carpool6.8% ±2.7 pp

Public transit1.1% ±0.9 pp

Walk32.1% ±4.9 pp

Bicycle1.4% ±1.0 pp

Work from home10.1% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 3,704 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Gettysburg borough compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 8th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

8^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

42^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

33^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Gettysburg borough's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,704 workers age 16+, including 3,329 workers with reported travel time and 375 home workers.

Population estimate8,254± 20 MOE

Workers age 16+3,704± 260 MOE

Workers with travel time3,329± 267 MOE

Estimated home workers375± 141 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 Gettysburg borough

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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