ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42429762024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip11.5 min±2.0 min MOE
Worked from home11.1%±4.1 pp MOE
Drove alone47.8%±6.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.4%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute12.2 min → 11.5 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.2% → 11.1%▲ 0.9 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.4%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone47.2% → 47.8%▲ 0.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone47.8% ±6.6 pp
Carpool2.1% ±2.1 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.6 pp
Walk34.6% ±5.1 pp
Bicycle3.5% ±2.7 pp
Work from home11.1% ±4.1 pp

Each share uses 2,359 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.

1thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

47thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 53% 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.

11th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,257± 34 MOE
Workers age 16+2,359± 226 MOE
Workers with travel time2,098± 224 MOE
Estimated home workers261± 101 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.