What is the average commute in Middletown borough, Pennsylvania?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 7.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.3 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 42491282024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Middletown, Pennsylvania

Name: Commute estimates for Middletown borough, Pennsylvania
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.6 min one way; 7.7% worked from home, 69.7% drove alone, and 2.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.6 min±2.5 min MOE

Worked from home7.7%±2.3 pp MOE

Drove alone69.7%±4.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.0%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 Middletown 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 +3.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.6 min → 21.6 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.9% → 7.7%▲ 3.7 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.4%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.9% → 69.7%▼ 9.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Middletown borough residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.7%; 0.4% used public transit and 7.7% worked from home.

Drive alone69.7% ±4.2 pp

Carpool14.9% ±4.6 pp

Public transit0.4% ±0.5 pp

Walk4.0% ±2.0 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home7.7% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 5,432 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Middletown borough compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 30th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

30^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

29^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

52^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

8^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Middletown borough's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,432 workers age 16+, including 5,015 workers with reported travel time and 417 home workers.

Population estimate9,632± 24 MOE

Workers age 16+5,432± 322 MOE

Workers with travel time5,015± 328 MOE

Estimated home workers417± 130 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 Middletown 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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