ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42414322024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lansdale, Pennsylvania

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.4 min one way; 16.8% worked from home, 70.8% drove alone, and 7.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.4 min±2.6 min MOE
Worked from home16.8%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone70.8%±3.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.1%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 Lansdale borough's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.1 min → 25.4 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.6% → 16.8%▲ 7.2 pp

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

Public transit3.4% → 2.5%▼ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.2% → 70.8%▼ 1.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Lansdale borough residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.8%; 2.5% used public transit and 16.8% worked from home.

Drive alone70.8% ±3.5 pp
Carpool5.2% ±1.7 pp
Public transit2.5% ±1.0 pp
Walk3.3% ±2.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home16.8% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 10,106 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Lansdale borough compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 54th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

54thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82thTransit percentile

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

54th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Lansdale borough's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 10,106 workers age 16+, including 8,406 workers with reported travel time and 1,700 home workers.

Population estimate19,011± 43 MOE
Workers age 16+10,106± 478 MOE
Workers with travel time8,406± 482 MOE
Estimated home workers1,700± 324 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 Lansdale borough

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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