ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42593842024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Perkasie, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip28.9 min±3.7 min MOE
Worked from home16.3%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone77.3%±4.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.4%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 commute30.3 min → 28.9 min▼ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.0% → 16.3%▲ 9.3 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.5%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.8% → 77.3%▼ 8.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.3% ±4.4 pp
Carpool4.2% ±2.2 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.6% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.5 pp
Work from home16.3% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 5,637 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.

72thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

61th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,216± 27 MOE
Workers age 16+5,637± 290 MOE
Workers with travel time4,720± 308 MOE
Estimated home workers917± 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.