Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42060882024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.1 min one way; 17.2% worked from home, 66.8% drove alone, and 6.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip22.1 min±1.7 min MOE
Worked from home17.2%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone66.8%±2.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.5%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 Bethlehem city'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 +7.3 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 Bethlehem city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.8%; 1.9% used public transit and 17.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 37,346 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Bethlehem city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 28th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 72% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 50% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Bethlehem city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 37,346 workers age 16+, including 30,937 workers with reported travel time and 6,409 home workers.
Population estimate77,956± 72 MOE
Workers age 16+37,346± 1,095 MOE
Workers with travel time30,937± 1,118 MOE
Estimated home workers6,409± 781 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 Bethlehem city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.