ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NH · GEOID 33051402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Berlin, New Hampshire

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.7 min one way; 3.5% worked from home, 79.6% drove alone, and 10.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.7 min±4.1 min MOE
Worked from home3.5%±2.1 pp MOE
Drove alone79.6%±3.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.1%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 Berlin city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -1.1 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute17.5 min → 18.7 min▲ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.5% → 3.5%▼ 1.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.2%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.2% → 79.6%▲ 2.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Berlin city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.6%; 0.2% used public transit and 3.5% worked from home.

Drive alone79.6% ±3.1 pp
Carpool9.3% ±3.5 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp
Walk4.5% ±2.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home3.5% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 3,292 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Berlin city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 14th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

14thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

6thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

45thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Berlin city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,292 workers age 16+, including 3,178 workers with reported travel time and 114 home workers.

Population estimate9,383± 48 MOE
Workers age 16+3,292± 283 MOE
Workers with travel time3,178± 287 MOE
Estimated home workers114± 69 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 New Hampshire commute records for Berlin city

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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