Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · NJ · GEOID 340212024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Mercer County, New Jersey
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.1 min one way; 19.5% worked from home, 60.2% drove alone, and 10.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip27.1 min±0.9 min MOE
Worked from home19.5%±0.8 pp MOE
Drove alone60.2%±1.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.6%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 Mercer 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 +6.7 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 Mercer County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 60.2%; 4.6% used public transit and 19.5% worked from home.
Each share uses 184,365 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Mercer County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 75th percentile among covered 100k–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 75% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 92% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 98% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 83% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Mercer County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 184,365 workers age 16+, including 148,384 workers with reported travel time and 35,981 home workers.
Population estimate385,864± — MOE
Workers age 16+184,365± 2,353 MOE
Workers with travel time148,384± 2,834 MOE
Estimated home workers35,981± 1,624 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 Mercer County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.