ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42582402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Parkville, Pennsylvania

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.5 min one way; 8.4% worked from home, 85.9% drove alone, and 13.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.5 min±6.4 min MOE
Worked from home8.4%±4.0 pp MOE
Drove alone85.9%±7.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.9%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 Parkville CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.2 min → 27.5 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.9% → 8.4%▲ 5.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.4%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone89.8% → 85.9%▼ 3.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Parkville CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 85.9%; 0.4% used public transit and 8.4% worked from home.

Drive alone85.9% ±7.4 pp
Carpool4.3% ±3.8 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.6 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.6 pp
Work from home8.4% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 4,096 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Parkville CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 65th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

65thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

33thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

53thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

84th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Parkville CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,096 workers age 16+, including 3,751 workers with reported travel time and 345 home workers.

Population estimate8,128± 732 MOE
Workers age 16+4,096± 556 MOE
Workers with travel time3,751± 552 MOE
Estimated home workers345± 172 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 Parkville 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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