What is the average commute in Merion Station CDP, Pennsylvania?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 26.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 44.3%, 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 42487682024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Merion Station, Pennsylvania

Name: Commute estimates for Merion Station CDP, Pennsylvania
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.9 min one way; 44.3% worked from home, 42.3% drove alone, and 3.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.9 min±8.5 min MOE

Worked from home44.3%±6.9 pp MOE

Drove alone42.3%±7.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.5%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 Merion Station CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +17.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.8 min → 26.9 min▼ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home26.7% → 44.3%▲ 17.6 pp

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

Public transit11.2% → 5.8%▼ 5.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone55.6% → 42.3%▼ 13.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Merion Station CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 42.3%; 5.8% used public transit and 44.3% worked from home.

Drive alone42.3% ±7.5 pp

Carpool3.1% ±2.5 pp

Public transit5.8% ±2.1 pp

Walk3.5% ±2.3 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.6 pp

Work from home44.3% ±6.9 pp

Each share uses 3,020 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Merion Station CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 62th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

62^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

100^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 100% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

92^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

21^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Merion Station CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,020 workers age 16+, including 1,681 workers with reported travel time and 1,339 home workers.

Population estimate5,788± 520 MOE

Workers age 16+3,020± 432 MOE

Workers with travel time1,681± 339 MOE

Estimated home workers1,339± 284 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 Merion Station 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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