Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42534642024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
New Cumberland, Pennsylvania
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.1 min one way; 20.6% worked from home, 72.9% drove alone, and 1.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip18.1 min±2.5 min MOE
Worked from home20.6%±5.0 pp MOE
Drove alone72.9%±4.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.8%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 New Cumberland borough's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.3 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How New Cumberland borough residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.9%; 0.2% used public transit and 20.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 4,085 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How New Cumberland borough compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 12th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind New Cumberland borough's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 4,085 workers age 16+, including 3,243 workers with reported travel time and 842 home workers.
Population estimate7,580± 19 MOE
Workers age 16+4,085± 374 MOE
Workers with travel time3,243± 291 MOE
Estimated home workers842± 217 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
All Pennsylvania reports →Comparable Pennsylvania commute records for New Cumberland borough
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.