What is the average commute in West View borough, Pennsylvania?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in West View borough, Pennsylvania work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 13.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.8 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · PA · GEOID 42841442024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

West View, Pennsylvania

Name: Commute estimates for West View borough, Pennsylvania
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.9 min one way; 13.2% worked from home, 78.5% drove alone, and 2.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.9 min±3.2 min MOE

Worked from home13.2%±3.8 pp MOE

Drove alone78.5%±6.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.6%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 West View borough's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -4.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.0 min → 19.9 min▼ 4.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.8% → 13.2%▲ 5.4 pp

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

Public transit4.2% → 0.3%▼ 3.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.3% → 78.5%▲ 5.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How West View borough residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.5%; 0.3% used public transit and 13.2% worked from home.

Drive alone78.5% ±6.8 pp

Carpool5.2% ±3.2 pp

Public transit0.3% ±0.5 pp

Walk2.6% ±3.7 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home13.2% ±3.8 pp

Each share uses 3,676 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How West View borough compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 20th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

20^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

57^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

50^thTransit percentile

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

13^th60+ 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 West View borough's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,676 workers age 16+, including 3,192 workers with reported travel time and 484 home workers.

Population estimate6,533± 16 MOE

Workers age 16+3,676± 308 MOE

Workers with travel time3,192± 307 MOE

Estimated home workers484± 147 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

Comparable Pennsylvania commute records for West View borough

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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