ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42416802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Latrobe, Pennsylvania

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.7 min one way; 5.5% worked from home, 77.0% drove alone, and 3.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip17.7 min±2.9 min MOE
Worked from home5.5%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone77.0%±7.2 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 Latrobe borough's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.3 min → 17.7 min▼ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.8% → 5.5%▲ 3.7 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.6%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.5% → 77.0%▼ 0.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Latrobe borough residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.0%; 0.6% used public transit and 5.5% worked from home.

Drive alone77.0% ±7.2 pp
Carpool11.8% ±2.9 pp
Public transit0.6% ±0.8 pp
Walk3.8% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.6 pp
Work from home5.5% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 4,123 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Latrobe borough compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 11th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

11thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

16thWork-from-home percentile

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

58thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 58% 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 Latrobe borough's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,123 workers age 16+, including 3,896 workers with reported travel time and 227 home workers.

Population estimate7,977± 16 MOE
Workers age 16+4,123± 372 MOE
Workers with travel time3,896± 377 MOE
Estimated home workers227± 94 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 Latrobe 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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