ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42491442024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Middletown, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip24.8 min±5.4 min MOE
Worked from home17.8%±4.7 pp MOE
Drove alone73.5%±6.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.8%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 commute27.3 min → 24.8 min▼ 2.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.4% → 17.8%▲ 11.4 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 1.2%▲ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.8% → 73.5%▼ 10.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.5% ±6.5 pp
Carpool6.3% ±3.9 pp
Public transit1.2% ±1.5 pp
Walk0.9% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home17.8% ±4.7 pp

Each share uses 3,925 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.

50thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

58th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,628± 768 MOE
Workers age 16+3,925± 545 MOE
Workers with travel time3,227± 473 MOE
Estimated home workers698± 210 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.