ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42533682024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

New Castle, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip22.3 min±3.1 min MOE
Worked from home11.8%±2.7 pp MOE
Drove alone75.1%±2.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.8%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 commute20.8 min → 22.3 min▲ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.9% → 11.8%▲ 6.9 pp

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

Public transit2.1% → 1.6%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.0% → 75.1%▼ 3.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.1% ±2.9 pp
Carpool9.4% ±2.6 pp
Public transit1.6% ±0.9 pp
Walk1.2% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.5 pp
Work from home11.8% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 7,912 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.

34thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

51thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate21,579± 42 MOE
Workers age 16+7,912± 497 MOE
Workers with travel time6,977± 459 MOE
Estimated home workers935± 225 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.