ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42627362024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Progress, Pennsylvania

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.8 min one way; 13.7% worked from home, 72.8% drove alone, and 4.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.8 min±5.0 min MOE
Worked from home13.7%±3.3 pp MOE
Drove alone72.8%±7.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.2%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 Progress CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.5 min → 21.8 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.1% → 13.7%▲ 4.7 pp

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

Public transit2.5% → 2.1%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.9% → 72.8%▼ 3.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Progress CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.8%; 2.1% used public transit and 13.7% worked from home.

Drive alone72.8% ±7.2 pp
Carpool5.2% ±2.5 pp
Public transit2.1% ±1.8 pp
Walk2.3% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp
Work from home13.7% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 5,797 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Progress CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 31th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

31thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

60thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

28th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Progress CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,797 workers age 16+, including 5,000 workers with reported travel time and 797 home workers.

Population estimate11,017± 1,237 MOE
Workers age 16+5,797± 655 MOE
Workers with travel time5,000± 650 MOE
Estimated home workers797± 209 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 Progress CDP

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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