What is the average commute in Hazleton city, Pennsylvania?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Hazleton city, Pennsylvania work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 3.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.1 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 42334082024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hazleton, Pennsylvania

Name: Commute estimates for Hazleton city, Pennsylvania
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.3 min one way; 3.4% worked from home, 68.6% drove alone, and 4.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.3 min±2.9 min MOE

Worked from home3.4%±2.1 pp MOE

Drove alone68.6%±5.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.0%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 Hazleton city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute23.1 min → 21.3 min▼ 1.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.3% → 3.4%▲ 0.1 pp

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

Public transit1.7% → 1.7%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.7% → 68.6%▼ 0.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Hazleton city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.6%; 1.7% used public transit and 3.4% worked from home.

Drive alone68.6% ±5.7 pp

Carpool21.7% ±4.9 pp

Public transit1.7% ±1.0 pp

Walk3.0% ±1.7 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp

Work from home3.4% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 13,205 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Hazleton city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 24th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

24^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 76% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

1^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 99% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

67^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

25^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Hazleton city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 13,205 workers age 16+, including 12,750 workers with reported travel time and 455 home workers.

Population estimate30,111± 32 MOE

Workers age 16+13,205± 809 MOE

Workers with travel time12,750± 864 MOE

Estimated home workers455± 275 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 Hazleton 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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