ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42316562024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Grove City, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip17.2 min±2.8 min MOE
Worked from home16.0%±3.8 pp MOE
Drove alone64.1%±3.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.0%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 commute17.1 min → 17.2 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.9% → 16.0%▲ 2.2 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.4%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone64.9% → 64.1%▼ 0.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone64.1% ±3.4 pp
Carpool5.3% ±2.3 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.6 pp
Walk12.7% ±4.4 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.5 pp
Work from home16.0% ±3.8 pp

Each share uses 3,416 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.

9thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

68thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

54thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

16th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,830± 29 MOE
Workers age 16+3,416± 245 MOE
Workers with travel time2,868± 231 MOE
Estimated home workers548± 135 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.