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

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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 the shares

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.