ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42616882024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip25.2 min±3.9 min MOE
Worked from home24.2%±5.4 pp MOE
Drove alone63.1%±2.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.5%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 commute26.6 min → 25.2 min▼ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home18.8% → 24.2%▲ 5.4 pp

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

Public transit3.1% → 3.6%▲ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.1% → 63.1%▼ 9.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone63.1% ±2.4 pp
Carpool6.7% ±3.2 pp
Public transit3.6% ±2.8 pp
Walk1.0% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home24.2% ±5.4 pp

Each share uses 3,984 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.

52thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

87thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

21th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,502± 666 MOE
Workers age 16+3,984± 413 MOE
Workers with travel time3,021± 289 MOE
Estimated home workers963± 237 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.