Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42855922024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Wilson, Pennsylvania
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.0 min one way; 10.7% worked from home, 73.4% drove alone, and 9.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip25.0 min±4.2 min MOE
Worked from home10.7%±5.5 pp MOE
Drove alone73.4%±6.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.5%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 Wilson borough's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -7.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.1 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Wilson borough residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.4%; 2.4% used public transit and 10.7% worked from home.
Each share uses 3,812 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Wilson borough compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 51th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Wilson borough's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 3,812 workers age 16+, including 3,404 workers with reported travel time and 408 home workers.
Population estimate8,183± 36 MOE
Workers age 16+3,812± 339 MOE
Workers with travel time3,404± 339 MOE
Estimated home workers408± 214 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
All Pennsylvania reports →Comparable Pennsylvania commute records for Wilson borough
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.