Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42537362024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
New Kensington, Pennsylvania
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.1 min one way; 16.5% worked from home, 71.8% drove alone, and 6.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip25.1 min±4.0 min MOE
Worked from home16.5%±3.8 pp MOE
Drove alone71.8%±3.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.0%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 Kensington city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +11.1 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 Kensington city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.8%; 1.6% used public transit and 16.5% worked from home.
Each share uses 5,415 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How New Kensington city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 52th 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 higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind New Kensington city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 5,415 workers age 16+, including 4,523 workers with reported travel time and 892 home workers.
Population estimate12,011± 31 MOE
Workers age 16+5,415± 444 MOE
Workers with travel time4,523± 396 MOE
Estimated home workers892± 220 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 Kensington city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.