ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42758162024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Swissvale, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip24.7 min±4.0 min MOE
Worked from home25.9%±5.9 pp MOE
Drove alone48.3%±5.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.0%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 commute29.5 min → 24.7 min▼ 4.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.0% → 25.9%▲ 12.9 pp

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

Public transit19.4% → 8.9%▼ 10.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone52.7% → 48.3%▼ 4.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone48.3% ±5.8 pp
Carpool8.5% ±5.2 pp
Public transit8.9% ±2.5 pp
Walk6.7% ±3.1 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp
Work from home25.9% ±5.9 pp

Each share uses 4,607 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.

49thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

36th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,418± 31 MOE
Workers age 16+4,607± 343 MOE
Workers with travel time3,414± 374 MOE
Estimated home workers1,193± 288 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.