What is the average commute in Media borough, Pennsylvania?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 25.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Media borough, Pennsylvania work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 20.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.2 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 42484802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Media, Pennsylvania

Name: Commute estimates for Media borough, Pennsylvania
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.0 min one way; 20.9% worked from home, 58.6% drove alone, and 7.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.0 min±4.2 min MOE

Worked from home20.9%±4.2 pp MOE

Drove alone58.6%±5.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip7.4%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 Media borough's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.8 min → 25.0 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.5% → 20.9%▲ 6.4 pp

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

Public transit6.6% → 5.2%▼ 1.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone62.1% → 58.6%▼ 3.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Media borough residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 58.6%; 5.2% used public transit and 20.9% worked from home.

Drive alone58.6% ±5.3 pp

Carpool9.0% ±6.1 pp

Public transit5.2% ±2.3 pp

Walk5.7% ±2.9 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home20.9% ±4.2 pp

Each share uses 3,708 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Media borough compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 51th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

51^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

81^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

91^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

55^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Media borough's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,708 workers age 16+, including 2,934 workers with reported travel time and 774 home workers.

Population estimate5,870± 47 MOE

Workers age 16+3,708± 239 MOE

Workers with travel time2,934± 305 MOE

Estimated home workers774± 165 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 Media borough

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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