ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42524322024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Murrysville, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip29.3 min±3.9 min MOE
Worked from home29.3%±6.2 pp MOE
Drove alone67.0%±4.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.1%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 commute30.1 min → 29.3 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home21.4% → 29.3%▲ 7.9 pp

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

Public transit2.8% → 0.8%▼ 2.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.3% → 67.0%▼ 3.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone67.0% ±4.9 pp
Carpool2.3% ±1.0 pp
Public transit0.8% ±0.6 pp
Walk0.1% ±0.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home29.3% ±6.2 pp

Each share uses 10,068 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.

74thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

94thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

63thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

65th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate20,817± 34 MOE
Workers age 16+10,068± 457 MOE
Workers with travel time7,121± 603 MOE
Estimated home workers2,947± 642 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.