ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42528082024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Nazareth, Pennsylvania

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.4 min one way; 10.6% worked from home, 78.4% drove alone, and 9.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip30.4 min±10.3 min MOE
Worked from home10.6%±3.9 pp MOE
Drove alone78.4%±9.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.2%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 Nazareth borough's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +7.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute23.3 min → 30.4 min▲ 7.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.5% → 10.6%▲ 3.0 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.0%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.1% → 78.4%▼ 1.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Nazareth borough residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.4%; 0.0% used public transit and 10.6% worked from home.

Drive alone78.4% ±9.5 pp
Carpool7.9% ±6.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk2.7% ±3.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home10.6% ±3.9 pp

Each share uses 3,047 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Nazareth borough compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 79th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

79thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Nazareth borough's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,047 workers age 16+, including 2,725 workers with reported travel time and 322 home workers.

Population estimate6,043± 22 MOE
Workers age 16+3,047± 370 MOE
Workers with travel time2,725± 382 MOE
Estimated home workers322± 124 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 Nazareth 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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