What is the average commute in Milton borough, Pennsylvania?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 22.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 13.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.3 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 42500162024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Milton, Pennsylvania

Name: Commute estimates for Milton borough, Pennsylvania
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.8 min one way; 13.3% worked from home, 77.2% drove alone, and 5.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.8 min±7.5 min MOE

Worked from home13.3%±6.3 pp MOE

Drove alone77.2%±6.4 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 Milton borough's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.2 min → 22.8 min▼ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.5% → 13.3%▲ 5.8 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.8% → 77.2%▼ 5.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Milton borough residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 13.3% worked from home.

Drive alone77.2% ±6.4 pp

Carpool6.3% ±3.9 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp

Walk2.4% ±1.7 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home13.3% ±6.3 pp

Each share uses 3,394 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Milton borough compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 37th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

37^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

58^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

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

38^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Milton borough's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,394 workers age 16+, including 2,942 workers with reported travel time and 452 home workers.

Population estimate6,534± 23 MOE

Workers age 16+3,394± 262 MOE

Workers with travel time2,942± 318 MOE

Estimated home workers452± 218 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 Milton 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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