What is the average commute in Yeadon borough, Pennsylvania?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 31.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 17.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 7.1 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 42869682024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Yeadon, Pennsylvania

Name: Commute estimates for Yeadon borough, Pennsylvania
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.6 min one way; 17.6% worked from home, 65.7% drove alone, and 13.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Yeadon borough's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.0 percentage points.

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 Yeadon borough residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 65.7%; 9.3% used public transit and 17.6% worked from home.

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

How Yeadon borough compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 83th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

83^thMean commute percentile

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

73^thWork-from-home percentile

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

96^thTransit percentile

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

83^th60+ 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 Yeadon borough's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,986 workers age 16+, including 4,934 workers with reported travel time and 1,052 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Pennsylvania commute records for Yeadon 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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