What is the average commute in Park Forest Village CDP, Pennsylvania?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 14.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Park Forest Village CDP, Pennsylvania work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 26.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.6 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 42580362024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Park Forest Village, Pennsylvania

Name: Commute estimates for Park Forest Village CDP, Pennsylvania
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 14.3 min one way; 26.1% worked from home, 52.1% drove alone, and 1.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip14.3 min±3.5 min MOE

Worked from home26.1%±6.6 pp MOE

Drove alone52.1%±6.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip1.0%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 Park Forest Village CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute15.2 min → 14.3 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.8% → 26.1%▲ 9.2 pp

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

Public transit8.4% → 6.0%▼ 2.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone61.6% → 52.1%▼ 9.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Park Forest Village CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 52.1%; 6.0% used public transit and 26.1% worked from home.

Drive alone52.1% ±6.5 pp

Carpool5.2% ±2.5 pp

Public transit6.0% ±3.6 pp

Walk3.2% ±2.0 pp

Bicycle6.5% ±3.9 pp

Work from home26.1% ±6.6 pp

Each share uses 4,238 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Park Forest Village CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 4th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

4^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

93^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

3^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Park Forest Village CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,238 workers age 16+, including 3,133 workers with reported travel time and 1,105 home workers.

Population estimate8,624± 770 MOE

Workers age 16+4,238± 579 MOE

Workers with travel time3,133± 548 MOE

Estimated home workers1,105± 316 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 Park Forest Village 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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