ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42732642024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Spring House, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip28.5 min±8.6 min MOE
Worked from home28.9%±9.9 pp MOE
Drove alone61.7%±8.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.8%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 commute26.8 min → 28.5 min▲ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.7% → 28.9%▲ 12.2 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 4.1%▲ 3.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.4% → 61.7%▼ 10.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone61.7% ±8.3 pp
Carpool2.7% ±2.8 pp
Public transit4.1% ±2.6 pp
Walk0.6% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.9 pp
Work from home28.9% ±9.9 pp

Each share uses 1,906 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.

70thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

94thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,137± 579 MOE
Workers age 16+1,906± 338 MOE
Workers with travel time1,355± 270 MOE
Estimated home workers551± 213 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.