What is the average commute in Linglestown CDP, Pennsylvania?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Linglestown CDP, Pennsylvania work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 17.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.9 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · PA · GEOID 42436722024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Linglestown, Pennsylvania

Name: Commute estimates for Linglestown CDP, Pennsylvania
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.2 min one way; 17.8% worked from home, 75.5% drove alone, and 3.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.2 min±6.1 min MOE

Worked from home17.8%±6.9 pp MOE

Drove alone75.5%±5.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.3%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 Linglestown CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +13.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.4 min → 21.2 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.4% → 17.8%▲ 13.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.3% → 75.5%▼ 10.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Linglestown CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.5%; 0.0% used public transit and 17.8% worked from home.

Drive alone75.5% ±5.5 pp

Carpool5.4% ±4.0 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp

Walk0.5% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home17.8% ±6.9 pp

Each share uses 3,660 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Linglestown CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 27th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

27^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

37^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

20^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Linglestown CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,660 workers age 16+, including 3,008 workers with reported travel time and 652 home workers.

Population estimate6,957± 894 MOE

Workers age 16+3,660± 577 MOE

Workers with travel time3,008± 522 MOE

Estimated home workers652± 274 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 Linglestown CDP

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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