ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42536962024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

New Holland, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip22.7 min±6.3 min MOE
Worked from home6.1%±2.8 pp MOE
Drove alone86.5%±3.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.5%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 commute20.3 min → 22.7 min▲ 2.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.7% → 6.1%▲ 4.5 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.9% → 86.5%▲ 1.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone86.5% ±3.1 pp
Carpool6.2% ±4.5 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle1.2% ±1.4 pp
Work from home6.1% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 2,674 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.

36thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

20thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 80% 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.

22th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,780± 30 MOE
Workers age 16+2,674± 314 MOE
Workers with travel time2,510± 303 MOE
Estimated home workers164± 78 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.