ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42289602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

8thMean commute percentile

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

42thWork-from-home percentile

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

69thTransit percentile

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

33th60+ 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 the shares

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.