ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42673442024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

St. Marys, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip14.2 min±1.9 min MOE
Worked from home1.8%±1.1 pp MOE
Drove alone84.5%±3.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.7%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute12.7 min → 14.2 min▲ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.3% → 1.8%▲ 0.5 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 0.3%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.4% → 84.5%▲ 3.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone84.5% ±3.3 pp
Carpool10.2% ±3.3 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.5 pp
Walk1.2% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home1.8% ±1.1 pp

Each share uses 6,054 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.

4thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

2thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

50thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

13th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,529± 18 MOE
Workers age 16+6,054± 296 MOE
Workers with travel time5,948± 299 MOE
Estimated home workers106± 69 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.