Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42738882024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Steelton, Pennsylvania
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.6 min one way; 11.9% worked from home, 69.4% drove alone, and 3.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip19.6 min±5.0 min MOE
Worked from home11.9%±5.9 pp MOE
Drove alone69.4%±6.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.6%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 Steelton borough's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.9 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Steelton borough residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.4%; 0.0% used public transit and 11.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 2,457 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Steelton borough compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 19th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Steelton borough's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 2,457 workers age 16+, including 2,165 workers with reported travel time and 292 home workers.
Population estimate6,296± 20 MOE
Workers age 16+2,457± 343 MOE
Workers with travel time2,165± 328 MOE
Estimated home workers292± 151 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
All Pennsylvania reports →Comparable Pennsylvania commute records for Steelton borough
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.