Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · NJ · GEOID 340132024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Essex County, New Jersey
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 33.6 min one way; 16.1% worked from home, 52.7% drove alone, and 17.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip33.6 min±0.7 min MOE
Worked from home16.1%±0.6 pp MOE
Drove alone52.7%±0.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip17.6%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 Essex County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.7 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 Essex County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 52.7%; 15.8% used public transit and 16.1% worked from home.
Each share uses 401,962 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Essex County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 93th percentile among covered 500k+ countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 93% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 54% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 93% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 94% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Essex County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 401,962 workers age 16+, including 337,359 workers with reported travel time and 64,603 home workers.
Population estimate863,002± — MOE
Workers age 16+401,962± 3,854 MOE
Workers with travel time337,359± 3,803 MOE
Estimated home workers64,603± 2,484 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 New Jersey reports →Comparable New Jersey commute records for Essex County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.