ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42441282024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lock Haven, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip18.1 min±3.7 min MOE
Worked from home11.0%±3.8 pp MOE
Drove alone62.3%±6.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.2%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 commute21.7 min → 18.1 min▼ 3.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.4% → 11.0%▲ 7.5 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.9% → 62.3%▼ 6.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone62.3% ±6.7 pp
Carpool13.6% ±5.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk11.9% ±5.6 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.4 pp
Work from home11.0% ±3.8 pp

Each share uses 3,652 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.

13thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 87% 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.

18thTransit percentile

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

47th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,447± 30 MOE
Workers age 16+3,652± 357 MOE
Workers with travel time3,251± 327 MOE
Estimated home workers401± 144 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.