ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42514962024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip24.8 min±5.5 min MOE
Worked from home5.7%±4.4 pp MOE
Drove alone73.1%±7.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.7%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 commute22.8 min → 24.8 min▲ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.5% → 5.7%▲ 4.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.3% → 73.1%▼ 5.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.1% ±7.1 pp
Carpool14.0% ±5.7 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.8 pp
Walk5.6% ±3.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.8 pp
Work from home5.7% ±4.4 pp

Each share uses 2,155 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.

50thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

17thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 83% 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.

63th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,677± 18 MOE
Workers age 16+2,155± 284 MOE
Workers with travel time2,033± 283 MOE
Estimated home workers122± 96 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.