ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42853122024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Williamsport, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip15.8 min±1.8 min MOE
Worked from home11.9%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone64.1%±4.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.5%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 commute16.5 min → 15.8 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.4% → 11.9%▲ 4.5 pp

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

Public transit3.5% → 4.5%▲ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.8% → 64.1%▼ 4.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone64.1% ±4.0 pp
Carpool10.2% ±2.4 pp
Public transit4.5% ±1.8 pp
Walk7.0% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle1.2% ±0.6 pp
Work from home11.9% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 12,365 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.

3thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

41thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

87thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

7th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate27,612± 53 MOE
Workers age 16+12,365± 767 MOE
Workers with travel time10,890± 706 MOE
Estimated home workers1,475± 383 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.