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Counties With the Shortest Commute in Pennsylvania (2026)

Union has the lowest commute time of any county in Pennsylvania, at 17.9 min, followed by Elk and Cameron. Source: Census ACS 5-Year, 2020-2024. The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated 2024 - Source: Census ACS 5-Year

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Shortest counties for commute time in Pennsylvania

Top 25 of 67 counties with data.

Ranked by avg commute time (Census ACS 5-Year, 2020-2024), lowest first.

Shortest counties for commute time in Pennsylvania
RankCountyValue
1Union17.9 min
2Elk18.3 min
3Cameron18.7 min
4Montour19.4 min
5Erie19.6 min
6Centre20.2 min
7McKean20.4 min
8Blair20.5 min
9Warren20.7 min
10Lackawanna21.1 min
11Lycoming21.1 min
12Dauphin21.5 min
13Mercer21.7 min
14Columbia21.7 min
15Cumberland21.8 min
16Lebanon22.1 min
17Snyder22.9 min
18Forest23.0 min
19Venango23.1 min
20Crawford23.3 min
21Lawrence23.4 min
22Cambria23.4 min
23Jefferson23.5 min
24Luzerne23.5 min
25Clinton23.6 min

How this ranking works

This page ranks Pennsylvania counties by avg commute time, sorted so the shortest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For commute time, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh commute time against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of avg commute time.

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