ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42580362024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Park Forest Village, Pennsylvania

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

4thMean commute percentile

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

90thWork-from-home percentile

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

93thTransit percentile

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

3th60+ 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 the shares

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.