What is the average commute in Whitfield CDP, Pennsylvania?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 24.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Whitfield CDP, Pennsylvania work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 18.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 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 42848562024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Whitfield, Pennsylvania

Name: Commute estimates for Whitfield CDP, Pennsylvania
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.1 min one way; 18.3% worked from home, 75.4% drove alone, and 5.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.1 min±10.8 min MOE

Worked from home18.3%±2.5 pp MOE

Drove alone75.4%±9.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.6%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 Whitfield CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.2 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.

Mean commute24.2 min → 24.1 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.3% → 18.3%▲ 9.1 pp

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

Public transit1.9% → 1.8%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.2% → 75.4%▼ 8.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Whitfield CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.4%; 1.8% used public transit and 18.3% worked from home.

Drive alone75.4% ±9.9 pp

Carpool2.3% ±2.7 pp

Public transit1.8% ±2.1 pp

Walk2.3% ±1.9 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp

Work from home18.3% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 2,885 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Whitfield CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 45th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

45^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

42^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Whitfield CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,885 workers age 16+, including 2,356 workers with reported travel time and 529 home workers.

Population estimate5,226± 879 MOE

Workers age 16+2,885± 653 MOE

Workers with travel time2,356± 610 MOE

Estimated home workers529± 140 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 Whitfield CDP

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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