What is the average commute in Gilbertsville CDP, Pennsylvania?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 30.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Gilbertsville CDP, Pennsylvania work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 12.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 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 42290962024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania

Name: Commute estimates for Gilbertsville CDP, Pennsylvania
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.3 min one way; 12.9% worked from home, 81.8% drove alone, and 9.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip30.3 min±6.5 min MOE

Worked from home12.9%±3.5 pp MOE

Drove alone81.8%±10.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip9.2%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 Gilbertsville CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.0 min → 30.3 min▲ 2.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.1% → 12.9%▲ 2.8 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.0%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.9% → 81.8%▼ 0.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Gilbertsville CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.8%; 0.0% used public transit and 12.9% worked from home.

Drive alone81.8% ±10.2 pp

Carpool4.9% ±2.7 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp

Walk0.4% ±0.7 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home12.9% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 3,182 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Gilbertsville CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 78th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

78^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Gilbertsville CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,182 workers age 16+, including 2,773 workers with reported travel time and 409 home workers.

Population estimate6,165± 552 MOE

Workers age 16+3,182± 434 MOE

Workers with travel time2,773± 468 MOE

Estimated home workers409± 125 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 Gilbertsville 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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