Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · NJ · GEOID 340172024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Hudson County, New Jersey
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 35.4 min one way; 20.6% worked from home, 32.9% drove alone, and 17.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip35.4 min±0.8 min MOE
Worked from home20.6%±0.7 pp MOE
Drove alone32.9%±0.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip17.2%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 Hudson County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.4 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 Hudson County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 32.9%; 31.3% used public transit and 20.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 381,869 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Hudson County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 97th 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 97% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 75% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 97% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 93% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Hudson County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 381,869 workers age 16+, including 303,360 workers with reported travel time and 78,509 home workers.
Population estimate718,323± — MOE
Workers age 16+381,869± 3,046 MOE
Workers with travel time303,360± 4,229 MOE
Estimated home workers78,509± 2,670 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 Hudson County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.