ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42313282024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Greenville, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip20.4 min±3.9 min MOE
Worked from home8.4%±3.6 pp MOE
Drove alone69.3%±6.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.7%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 commute20.1 min → 20.4 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.7% → 8.4%▲ 0.7 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.1%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.5% → 69.3%▼ 8.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.3% ±6.4 pp
Carpool10.3% ±4.8 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp
Walk10.3% ±3.9 pp
Bicycle1.0% ±1.6 pp
Work from home8.4% ±3.6 pp

Each share uses 2,436 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.

23thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

33thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

41thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

51th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,523± 25 MOE
Workers age 16+2,436± 203 MOE
Workers with travel time2,232± 220 MOE
Estimated home workers204± 89 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.