What is the average commute in Mount Joy borough, Pennsylvania?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 25.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.6 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 42516562024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mount Joy, Pennsylvania

Name: Commute estimates for Mount Joy borough, Pennsylvania
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.2 min one way; 9.7% worked from home, 76.4% drove alone, and 9.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.2 min±4.1 min MOE

Worked from home9.7%±2.6 pp MOE

Drove alone76.4%±4.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip9.6%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 Mount Joy borough's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.1 min → 25.2 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.2% → 9.7%▲ 4.5 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.6%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.9% → 76.4%▼ 4.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Mount Joy borough residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.4%; 0.6% used public transit and 9.7% worked from home.

Drive alone76.4% ±4.3 pp

Carpool6.6% ±3.0 pp

Public transit0.6% ±0.6 pp

Walk6.5% ±4.1 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home9.7% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 4,615 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Mount Joy borough compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 52th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

52^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

40^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

59^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

68^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Mount Joy borough's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,615 workers age 16+, including 4,167 workers with reported travel time and 448 home workers.

Population estimate8,344± 25 MOE

Workers age 16+4,615± 326 MOE

Workers with travel time4,167± 335 MOE

Estimated home workers448± 126 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 Mount Joy 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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