ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42505282024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Monroeville, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip25.1 min±2.9 min MOE
Worked from home24.9%±4.2 pp MOE
Drove alone65.2%±3.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.4%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute28.1 min → 25.1 min▼ 2.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.5% → 24.9%▲ 8.3 pp

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

Public transit4.6% → 1.6%▼ 2.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.6% → 65.2%▼ 4.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone65.2% ±3.7 pp
Carpool7.5% ±2.1 pp
Public transit1.6% ±0.8 pp
Walk0.6% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home24.9% ±4.2 pp

Each share uses 13,634 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.

48thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 52% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

87thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

66thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

40th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate28,295± 66 MOE
Workers age 16+13,634± 726 MOE
Workers with travel time10,245± 761 MOE
Estimated home workers3,389± 596 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.