ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42542682024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Newtown Grant, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip34.3 min±10.0 min MOE
Worked from home34.9%±9.4 pp MOE
Drove alone60.7%±7.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.1%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 commute36.2 min → 34.3 min▼ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home22.5% → 34.9%▲ 12.4 pp

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

Public transit2.5% → 3.2%▲ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone66.1% → 60.7%▼ 5.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone60.7% ±7.3 pp
Carpool1.1% ±1.5 pp
Public transit3.2% ±3.6 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home34.9% ±9.4 pp

Each share uses 2,990 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.

91thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

86thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,193± 777 MOE
Workers age 16+2,990± 405 MOE
Workers with travel time1,947± 373 MOE
Estimated home workers1,043± 315 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.