What is the average commute in Shippensburg borough, Pennsylvania?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.1 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 42703522024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Shippensburg, Pennsylvania

Name: Commute estimates for Shippensburg borough, Pennsylvania
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.8 min one way; 10.3% worked from home, 58.8% drove alone, and 1.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Shippensburg borough's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.8 percentage points.

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 Shippensburg borough residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 58.8%; 0.0% used public transit and 10.3% worked from home.

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

How Shippensburg borough compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 20th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

20^thMean commute percentile

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

43^thWork-from-home percentile

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

18^thTransit percentile

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

7^th60+ 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 Shippensburg borough's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,689 workers age 16+, including 2,412 workers with reported travel time and 277 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Pennsylvania commute records for Shippensburg 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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