What is the average commute in Glenside CDP, Pennsylvania?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 22.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.3 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 42298082024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Glenside, Pennsylvania

Name: Commute estimates for Glenside CDP, Pennsylvania
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.8 min one way; 22.3% worked from home, 58.3% drove alone, and 10.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.8 min±6.1 min MOE

Worked from home22.3%±4.3 pp MOE

Drove alone58.3%±6.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip10.4%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 Glenside CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.0 min → 29.8 min▲ 3.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.3% → 22.3%▲ 7.0 pp

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

Public transit9.8% → 8.3%▼ 1.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone64.2% → 58.3%▼ 5.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Glenside CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 58.3%; 8.3% used public transit and 22.3% worked from home.

Drive alone58.3% ±6.6 pp

Carpool5.2% ±3.6 pp

Public transit8.3% ±2.6 pp

Walk4.9% ±2.6 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home22.3% ±4.3 pp

Each share uses 3,977 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Glenside CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 76th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

76^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

84^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

95^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

72^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Glenside CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,977 workers age 16+, including 3,090 workers with reported travel time and 887 home workers.

Population estimate7,659± 576 MOE

Workers age 16+3,977± 328 MOE

Workers with travel time3,090± 348 MOE

Estimated home workers887± 185 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 Glenside 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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