ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42532882024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

New Brighton, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip26.1 min±7.1 min MOE
Worked from home9.4%±5.8 pp MOE
Drove alone70.0%±10.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.1%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 commute28.3 min → 26.1 min▼ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.4% → 9.4%▲ 4.0 pp

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

Public transit4.2% → 1.3%▼ 2.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.9% → 70.0%▼ 6.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.0% ±10.3 pp
Carpool13.2% ±5.1 pp
Public transit1.3% ±1.2 pp
Walk3.5% ±3.0 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.6 pp
Work from home9.4% ±5.8 pp

Each share uses 2,539 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.

58thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

38thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

72thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

46th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,567± 22 MOE
Workers age 16+2,539± 295 MOE
Workers with travel time2,301± 342 MOE
Estimated home workers238± 151 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.