ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42574802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Oxford, Pennsylvania

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.6 min one way; 11.4% worked from home, 76.2% drove alone, and 5.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.6 min±8.1 min MOE
Worked from home11.4%±6.6 pp MOE
Drove alone76.2%±3.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.6%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 Oxford borough's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -6.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute32.2 min → 25.6 min▼ 6.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.2% → 11.4%▼ 0.8 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.0% → 76.2%▼ 3.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Oxford borough residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 11.4% worked from home.

Drive alone76.2% ±3.8 pp
Carpool3.8% ±4.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.7 pp
Walk8.1% ±6.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home11.4% ±6.6 pp

Each share uses 2,390 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Oxford borough compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 55th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

55thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

49thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 51% 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.

42th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Oxford borough's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,390 workers age 16+, including 2,117 workers with reported travel time and 273 home workers.

Population estimate5,825± 16 MOE
Workers age 16+2,390± 442 MOE
Workers with travel time2,117± 432 MOE
Estimated home workers273± 166 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 Oxford 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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