ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42696002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Shamokin, Pennsylvania

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 32.1 min one way; 5.9% worked from home, 68.6% drove alone, and 10.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip32.1 min±8.2 min MOE
Worked from home5.9%±3.5 pp MOE
Drove alone68.6%±5.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.7%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 Shamokin city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute32.9 min → 32.1 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.3% → 5.9%▲ 0.6 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.0%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.8% → 68.6%▼ 3.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Shamokin city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 5.9% worked from home.

Drive alone68.6% ±5.0 pp
Carpool19.3% ±9.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp
Walk6.0% ±4.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home5.9% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 2,596 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Shamokin city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 85th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

85thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

38thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Shamokin city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,596 workers age 16+, including 2,444 workers with reported travel time and 152 home workers.

Population estimate6,853± 17 MOE
Workers age 16+2,596± 400 MOE
Workers with travel time2,444± 399 MOE
Estimated home workers152± 93 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 Shamokin city

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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