Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · NJ · GEOID 340312024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Passaic County, New Jersey
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.5 min one way; 11.5% worked from home, 65.0% drove alone, and 9.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip26.5 min±0.6 min MOE
Worked from home11.5%±0.5 pp MOE
Drove alone65.0%±0.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.1%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 Passaic County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.4 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 Passaic County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 65.0%; 6.4% used public transit and 11.5% worked from home.
Each share uses 244,507 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Passaic County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 46th 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 lower than about 54% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 88% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 84% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 61% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Passaic County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 244,507 workers age 16+, including 216,402 workers with reported travel time and 28,105 home workers.
Population estimate521,012± — MOE
Workers age 16+244,507± 2,421 MOE
Workers with travel time216,402± 2,533 MOE
Estimated home workers28,105± 1,246 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 Passaic County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.