Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42847042024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
White Oak, Pennsylvania
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.1 min one way; 22.4% worked from home, 67.1% drove alone, and 13.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip28.1 min±8.1 min MOE
Worked from home22.4%±8.9 pp MOE
Drove alone67.1%±11.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.7%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 White Oak borough's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.1 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 White Oak borough residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 67.1%; 0.9% used public transit and 22.4% worked from home.
Each share uses 3,139 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How White Oak borough compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 69th 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 higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind White Oak borough's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 3,139 workers age 16+, including 2,437 workers with reported travel time and 702 home workers.
Population estimate7,468± 25 MOE
Workers age 16+3,139± 410 MOE
Workers with travel time2,437± 446 MOE
Estimated home workers702± 294 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 White Oak borough
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.