ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42083922024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Breinigsville, Pennsylvania

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.4 min one way; 25.3% worked from home, 68.1% drove alone, and 10.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.4 min±8.0 min MOE
Worked from home25.3%±9.3 pp MOE
Drove alone68.1%±6.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.7%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 Breinigsville CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute29.5 min → 27.4 min▼ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.7% → 25.3%▲ 8.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.7% → 68.1%▼ 12.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Breinigsville CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.1%; 0.0% used public transit and 25.3% worked from home.

Drive alone68.1% ±6.5 pp
Carpool2.5% ±2.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home25.3% ±9.3 pp

Each share uses 3,690 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Breinigsville CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 64th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

64thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

89thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Breinigsville CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,690 workers age 16+, including 2,758 workers with reported travel time and 932 home workers.

Population estimate7,769± 1,095 MOE
Workers age 16+3,690± 648 MOE
Workers with travel time2,758± 561 MOE
Estimated home workers932± 381 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 Breinigsville CDP

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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