ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42491282024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Middletown, Pennsylvania

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

30thMean commute percentile

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

29thWork-from-home percentile

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

52thTransit percentile

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

8th60+ 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 the shares

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.