ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42337442024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hellertown, Pennsylvania

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.7 min one way; 18.8% worked from home, 74.2% drove alone, and 10.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.7 min±5.9 min MOE
Worked from home18.8%±5.8 pp MOE
Drove alone74.2%±5.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.5%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 Hellertown borough's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.7 min → 25.7 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.3% → 18.8%▲ 7.5 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 2.0%▲ 1.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.9% → 74.2%▼ 4.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Hellertown borough residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.2%; 2.0% used public transit and 18.8% worked from home.

Drive alone74.2% ±5.8 pp
Carpool0.9% ±1.1 pp
Public transit2.0% ±2.1 pp
Walk1.2% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.9% ±1.0 pp
Work from home18.8% ±5.8 pp

Each share uses 2,756 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Hellertown borough compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 55th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

55thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 78% 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 Hellertown borough's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,756 workers age 16+, including 2,238 workers with reported travel time and 518 home workers.

Population estimate6,118± 39 MOE
Workers age 16+2,756± 334 MOE
Workers with travel time2,238± 293 MOE
Estimated home workers518± 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 Hellertown 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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