What is the average commute in Wyomissing borough, Pennsylvania?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Wyomissing borough, Pennsylvania work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 13.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.0 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · PA · GEOID 42868802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wyomissing, Pennsylvania

Name: Commute estimates for Wyomissing borough, Pennsylvania
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.6 min one way; 13.8% worked from home, 73.5% drove alone, and 7.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Wyomissing borough's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.9 percentage points.

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 Wyomissing borough residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.5%; 0.5% used public transit and 13.8% worked from home.

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

How Wyomissing borough compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 19th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

19^thMean commute percentile

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

60^thWork-from-home percentile

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

57^thTransit percentile

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

53^th60+ 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 Wyomissing borough's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,414 workers age 16+, including 4,668 workers with reported travel time and 746 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Pennsylvania commute records for Wyomissing borough

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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