ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42638402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Red Lion, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip25.1 min±5.9 min MOE
Worked from home7.5%±4.6 pp MOE
Drove alone77.7%±8.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.2%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute30.5 min → 25.1 min▼ 5.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.1% → 7.5%▲ 2.4 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.1%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.6% → 77.7%▼ 0.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.7% ±8.6 pp
Carpool8.5% ±5.5 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk5.1% ±3.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home7.5% ±4.6 pp

Each share uses 3,264 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.

28thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

39thTransit percentile

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

66th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,516± 18 MOE
Workers age 16+3,264± 344 MOE
Workers with travel time3,020± 353 MOE
Estimated home workers244± 151 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.