Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42827042024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
West Chester, Pennsylvania
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.9 min one way; 17.2% worked from home, 59.9% drove alone, and 3.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip20.9 min±2.2 min MOE
Worked from home17.2%±2.8 pp MOE
Drove alone59.9%±2.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.4%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 West Chester borough's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.3 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 West Chester borough residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 59.9%; 1.6% used public transit and 17.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 11,379 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How West Chester borough compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 26th 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 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind West Chester borough's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 11,379 workers age 16+, including 9,420 workers with reported travel time and 1,959 home workers.
Population estimate20,666± 27 MOE
Workers age 16+11,379± 655 MOE
Workers with travel time9,420± 638 MOE
Estimated home workers1,959± 342 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 West Chester borough
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.