ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42613282024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip27.4 min±4.9 min MOE
Worked from home22.8%±5.8 pp MOE
Drove alone62.7%±5.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.7%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 commute28.2 min → 27.4 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.0% → 22.8%▲ 10.7 pp

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

Public transit5.0% → 3.5%▼ 1.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.0% → 62.7%▼ 4.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone62.7% ±5.9 pp
Carpool9.6% ±4.8 pp
Public transit3.5% ±2.0 pp
Walk1.2% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home22.8% ±5.8 pp

Each share uses 4,285 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.

64thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

86thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

58th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,399± 22 MOE
Workers age 16+4,285± 326 MOE
Workers with travel time3,309± 317 MOE
Estimated home workers976± 259 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.