What is the average commute in Plum borough, Pennsylvania?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 31.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Plum borough, Pennsylvania work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 23.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · PA · GEOID 42615362024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Plum, Pennsylvania

Name: Commute estimates for Plum borough, Pennsylvania
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.1 min one way; 23.7% worked from home, 69.0% drove alone, and 8.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip31.1 min±4.0 min MOE

Worked from home23.7%±2.8 pp MOE

Drove alone69.0%±4.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.1%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 Plum borough's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute30.1 min → 31.1 min▲ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.6% → 23.7%▲ 9.1 pp

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

Public transit2.1% → 1.7%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.7% → 69.0%▼ 5.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Plum borough residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.0%; 1.7% used public transit and 23.7% worked from home.

Drive alone69.0% ±4.5 pp

Carpool4.5% ±1.2 pp

Public transit1.7% ±1.0 pp

Walk0.4% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp

Work from home23.7% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 14,076 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Plum borough compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 83th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

83^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 83% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

84^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

66^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

62^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Plum borough's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 14,076 workers age 16+, including 10,740 workers with reported travel time and 3,336 home workers.

Population estimate26,723± 44 MOE

Workers age 16+14,076± 681 MOE

Workers with travel time10,740± 780 MOE

Estimated home workers3,336± 427 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 Plum borough

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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