ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42535682024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

New Freedom, Pennsylvania

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 33.7 min one way; 24.2% worked from home, 70.9% drove alone, and 12.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip33.7 min±8.5 min MOE
Worked from home24.2%±10.1 pp MOE
Drove alone70.9%±9.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.0%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 Freedom borough's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -4.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +13.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute38.5 min → 33.7 min▼ 4.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.1% → 24.2%▲ 13.1 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.0%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.9% → 70.9%▼ 11.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How New Freedom borough residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.9%; 0.0% used public transit and 24.2% worked from home.

Drive alone70.9% ±9.2 pp
Carpool3.0% ±2.9 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk1.3% ±1.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home24.2% ±10.1 pp

Each share uses 2,711 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How New Freedom borough compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 89th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

89thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 88% 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.

78th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind New Freedom borough's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,711 workers age 16+, including 2,055 workers with reported travel time and 656 home workers.

Population estimate5,066± 18 MOE
Workers age 16+2,711± 285 MOE
Workers with travel time2,055± 318 MOE
Estimated home workers656± 282 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 New Freedom 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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