ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42483602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Meadville, Pennsylvania

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 14.5 min one way; 10.4% worked from home, 62.2% drove alone, and 5.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip14.5 min±3.0 min MOE
Worked from home10.4%±2.7 pp MOE
Drove alone62.2%±5.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.2%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 Meadville city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.2 min → 14.5 min▼ 3.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.0% → 10.4%▲ 3.4 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.0%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone65.2% → 62.2%▼ 2.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Meadville city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 62.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 10.4% worked from home.

Drive alone62.2% ±5.4 pp
Carpool8.1% ±3.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk17.7% ±4.3 pp
Bicycle1.3% ±1.4 pp
Work from home10.4% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 4,855 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Meadville city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 4th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

4thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 56% 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.

39th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Meadville city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,855 workers age 16+, including 4,349 workers with reported travel time and 506 home workers.

Population estimate12,577± 23 MOE
Workers age 16+4,855± 429 MOE
Workers with travel time4,349± 427 MOE
Estimated home workers506± 137 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 Meadville city

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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