ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42869682024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Yeadon, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip31.6 min±7.8 min MOE
Worked from home17.6%±7.1 pp MOE
Drove alone65.7%±9.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.3%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 commute33.7 min → 31.6 min▼ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.6% → 17.6%▲ 9.0 pp

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

Public transit12.3% → 9.3%▼ 2.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.5% → 65.7%▼ 2.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone65.7% ±9.6 pp
Carpool4.4% ±3.3 pp
Public transit9.3% ±3.6 pp
Walk2.2% ±2.6 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.3 pp
Work from home17.6% ±7.1 pp

Each share uses 5,986 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.

83thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

83th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,181± 20 MOE
Workers age 16+5,986± 604 MOE
Workers with travel time4,934± 800 MOE
Estimated home workers1,052± 436 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.