What is the average commute in Prospect Park borough, Pennsylvania?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 22.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.4 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 42627922024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Prospect Park, Pennsylvania

Name: Commute estimates for Prospect Park borough, Pennsylvania
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.2 min one way; 9.4% worked from home, 71.3% drove alone, and 4.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.2 min±6.9 min MOE

Worked from home9.4%±5.4 pp MOE

Drove alone71.3%±9.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.3%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 Prospect Park borough's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.7 min → 22.2 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.4% → 9.4%▲ 3.0 pp

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

Public transit5.0% → 4.1%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.8% → 71.3%▼ 4.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Prospect Park borough residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.3%; 4.1% used public transit and 9.4% worked from home.

Drive alone71.3% ±9.4 pp

Carpool12.5% ±7.9 pp

Public transit4.1% ±4.6 pp

Walk2.2% ±3.2 pp

Bicycle0.5% ±0.7 pp

Work from home9.4% ±5.4 pp

Each share uses 3,467 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Prospect Park borough compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 34th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

34^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

39^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88^thTransit percentile

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

29^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Prospect Park borough's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,467 workers age 16+, including 3,140 workers with reported travel time and 327 home workers.

Population estimate6,417± 20 MOE

Workers age 16+3,467± 591 MOE

Workers with travel time3,140± 651 MOE

Estimated home workers327± 195 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 Prospect Park 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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