ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42854642024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Willow Street, Pennsylvania

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.6 min one way; 16.6% worked from home, 77.4% drove alone, and 8.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.6 min±11.9 min MOE
Worked from home16.6%±7.0 pp MOE
Drove alone77.4%±5.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.5%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 Willow Street CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +10.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +11.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.7 min → 29.6 min▲ 10.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.2% → 16.6%▲ 11.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.4%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone87.0% → 77.4%▼ 9.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Willow Street CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.4%; 0.4% used public transit and 16.6% worked from home.

Drive alone77.4% ±5.9 pp
Carpool1.5% ±1.5 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home16.6% ±7.0 pp

Each share uses 4,209 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Willow Street CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 75th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

75thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

54thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

62th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Willow Street CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,209 workers age 16+, including 3,510 workers with reported travel time and 699 home workers.

Population estimate9,647± 978 MOE
Workers age 16+4,209± 615 MOE
Workers with travel time3,510± 632 MOE
Estimated home workers699± 313 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 Willow Street 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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