ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42448242024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lower Allen, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip19.8 min±4.1 min MOE
Worked from home16.3%±4.3 pp MOE
Drove alone71.8%±6.1 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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute19.8 min → 19.8 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.9% → 16.3%▲ 11.4 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.4%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone89.0% → 71.8%▼ 17.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.8% ±6.1 pp
Carpool7.1% ±3.2 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.7 pp
Walk1.0% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.9% ±1.1 pp
Work from home16.3% ±4.3 pp

Each share uses 3,823 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.

20thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 69% 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.

17th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,646± 650 MOE
Workers age 16+3,823± 371 MOE
Workers with travel time3,201± 398 MOE
Estimated home workers622± 174 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.