ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42848562024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Whitfield, Pennsylvania

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

45thMean commute percentile

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

75thWork-from-home percentile

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

77thTransit percentile

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

42th60+ 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 the shares

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.