ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42556642024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Norwood, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip30.0 min±6.1 min MOE
Worked from home7.0%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone71.7%±5.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.3%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 commute25.1 min → 30.0 min▲ 5.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.8% → 7.0%▲ 3.2 pp

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

Public transit6.5% → 5.6%▼ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.3% → 71.7%▲ 0.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.7% ±5.6 pp
Carpool11.8% ±6.2 pp
Public transit5.6% ±3.4 pp
Walk1.9% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home7.0% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 3,059 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.

77thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

25thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

92thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

61th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,934± 20 MOE
Workers age 16+3,059± 222 MOE
Workers with travel time2,846± 201 MOE
Estimated home workers213± 94 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.