ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42868802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wyomissing, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip19.6 min±4.1 min MOE
Worked from home13.8%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone73.5%±6.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.1%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 commute20.4 min → 19.6 min▼ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.8% → 13.8%▲ 5.9 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.5%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.2% → 73.5%▼ 9.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.5% ±6.1 pp
Carpool9.4% ±4.7 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.6 pp
Walk1.5% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp
Work from home13.8% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 5,414 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.

19thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

60thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

57thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

53th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,172± 29 MOE
Workers age 16+5,414± 414 MOE
Workers with travel time4,668± 457 MOE
Estimated home workers746± 171 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.