What is the average commute in Richboro CDP, Pennsylvania?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Richboro CDP, Pennsylvania work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 17.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.3 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 42644642024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Richboro, Pennsylvania

Name: Commute estimates for Richboro CDP, Pennsylvania
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.2 min one way; 17.6% worked from home, 77.5% drove alone, and 10.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.2 min±7.8 min MOE

Worked from home17.6%±4.3 pp MOE

Drove alone77.5%±11.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip10.5%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 Richboro CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute29.9 min → 27.2 min▼ 2.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.7% → 17.6%▲ 4.0 pp

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

Public transit3.0% → 2.3%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.6% → 77.5%▼ 1.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Richboro CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.5%; 2.3% used public transit and 17.6% worked from home.

Drive alone77.5% ±11.1 pp

Carpool1.8% ±1.4 pp

Public transit2.3% ±2.0 pp

Walk0.0% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home17.6% ±4.3 pp

Each share uses 3,469 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Richboro CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 63th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

63^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

81^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

72^th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Richboro CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,469 workers age 16+, including 2,857 workers with reported travel time and 612 home workers.

Population estimate6,963± 886 MOE

Workers age 16+3,469± 552 MOE

Workers with travel time2,857± 577 MOE

Estimated home workers612± 178 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 Richboro 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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