Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42546962024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Northampton, Pennsylvania
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.8 min one way; 13.0% worked from home, 73.5% drove alone, and 6.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip27.8 min±4.5 min MOE
Worked from home13.0%±4.3 pp MOE
Drove alone73.5%±5.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.5%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 Northampton borough's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.9 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 Northampton borough residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.5%; 2.0% used public transit and 13.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 5,282 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Northampton borough compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 67th 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 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Northampton borough's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 5,282 workers age 16+, including 4,595 workers with reported travel time and 687 home workers.
Population estimate10,400± 47 MOE
Workers age 16+5,282± 380 MOE
Workers with travel time4,595± 432 MOE
Estimated home workers687± 232 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 Northampton borough
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.