Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · PA · GEOID 420952024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Northampton County, Pennsylvania
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.0 min one way; 14.4% worked from home, 74.6% drove alone, and 9.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip27.0 min±0.8 min MOE
Worked from home14.4%±0.7 pp MOE
Drove alone74.6%±1.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.9%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 Northampton County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.4 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Northampton County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.6%; 1.0% used public transit and 14.4% worked from home.
Each share uses 157,018 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Northampton County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 75th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 75% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 69% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 74% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 80% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Northampton County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 157,018 workers age 16+, including 134,388 workers with reported travel time and 22,630 home workers.
Population estimate318,580± — MOE
Workers age 16+157,018± 1,703 MOE
Workers with travel time134,388± 1,874 MOE
Estimated home workers22,630± 1,134 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
All Pennsylvania reports →Comparable Pennsylvania commute records for Northampton County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.