What is the average commute in Berwick borough, Pennsylvania?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 20.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 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 42058882024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Berwick, Pennsylvania

Name: Commute estimates for Berwick borough, Pennsylvania
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.0 min one way; 9.0% worked from home, 79.6% drove alone, and 3.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.0 min±3.7 min MOE

Worked from home9.0%±3.5 pp MOE

Drove alone79.6%±6.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.5%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 Berwick borough'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 +7.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.8 min → 20.0 min▲ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.0% → 9.0%▲ 7.0 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.2%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone89.9% → 79.6%▼ 10.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Berwick borough residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.6%; 0.2% used public transit and 9.0% worked from home.

Drive alone79.6% ±6.7 pp

Carpool6.2% ±4.3 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.5 pp

Walk3.5% ±2.7 pp

Bicycle1.5% ±1.9 pp

Work from home9.0% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 4,819 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Berwick borough compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 21th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

21^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

36^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

45^thTransit percentile

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

22^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Berwick borough's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,819 workers age 16+, including 4,387 workers with reported travel time and 432 home workers.

Population estimate10,317± 33 MOE

Workers age 16+4,819± 336 MOE

Workers with travel time4,387± 398 MOE

Estimated home workers432± 172 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 Berwick 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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