What is the average commute in Paoli CDP, Pennsylvania?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 23.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Paoli CDP, Pennsylvania work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 33.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.6 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 42578162024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Paoli, Pennsylvania

Name: Commute estimates for Paoli CDP, Pennsylvania
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.8 min one way; 33.0% worked from home, 55.3% drove alone, and 6.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.8 min±5.3 min MOE

Worked from home33.0%±4.6 pp MOE

Drove alone55.3%±5.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.1%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 Paoli CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +13.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.7 min → 23.8 min▼ 3.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home19.3% → 33.0%▲ 13.8 pp

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

Public transit7.2% → 1.3%▼ 5.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone66.3% → 55.3%▼ 11.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Paoli CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 55.3%; 1.3% used public transit and 33.0% worked from home.

Drive alone55.3% ±5.4 pp

Carpool5.8% ±3.8 pp

Public transit1.3% ±1.2 pp

Walk1.7% ±1.4 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home33.0% ±4.6 pp

Each share uses 3,265 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Paoli CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 44th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

44^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

72^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

46^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Paoli CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,265 workers age 16+, including 2,187 workers with reported travel time and 1,078 home workers.

Population estimate6,362± 551 MOE

Workers age 16+3,265± 344 MOE

Workers with travel time2,187± 316 MOE

Estimated home workers1,078± 189 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 Paoli CDP

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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