ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42703522024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Shippensburg, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip19.8 min±5.1 min MOE
Worked from home10.3%±5.1 pp MOE
Drove alone58.8%±14.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.8%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 commute23.4 min → 19.8 min▼ 3.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home0.5% → 10.3%▲ 9.8 pp

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

Public transit3.8% → 0.0%▼ 3.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.2% → 58.8%▼ 20.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone58.8% ±14.2 pp
Carpool13.1% ±6.6 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk14.4% ±9.5 pp
Bicycle1.3% ±1.6 pp
Work from home10.3% ±5.1 pp

Each share uses 2,689 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.

20thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

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

7th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,620± 447 MOE
Workers age 16+2,689± 400 MOE
Workers with travel time2,412± 415 MOE
Estimated home workers277± 144 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.