ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42593122024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Penn Wynne, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip35.7 min±10.2 min MOE
Worked from home27.2%±5.5 pp MOE
Drove alone53.6%±9.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.8%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 commute32.9 min → 35.7 min▲ 2.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home17.2% → 27.2%▲ 9.9 pp

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

Public transit11.7% → 7.4%▼ 4.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone61.6% → 53.6%▼ 8.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone53.6% ±9.7 pp
Carpool9.1% ±4.1 pp
Public transit7.4% ±3.2 pp
Walk1.5% ±1.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home27.2% ±5.5 pp

Each share uses 2,734 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.

94thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

92thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

94thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

74th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,070± 548 MOE
Workers age 16+2,734± 357 MOE
Workers with travel time1,991± 347 MOE
Estimated home workers743± 178 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.