What is the average commute in Newark city, Delaware?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Newark city, Delaware work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 18.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.7 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · DE · GEOID 10506702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Newark, Delaware

Name: Commute estimates for Newark city, Delaware
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.0 min one way; 18.8% worked from home, 56.2% drove alone, and 4.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.0 min±2.3 min MOE

Worked from home18.8%±2.7 pp MOE

Drove alone56.2%±4.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.1%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 Newark city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.7 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.

Mean commute20.7 min → 19.0 min▼ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.0% → 18.8%▲ 5.7 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit3.0% → 2.0%▼ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone63.3% → 56.2%▼ 7.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Newark city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 56.2%; 2.0% used public transit and 18.8% worked from home.

Drive alone56.2% ±4.5 pp

Carpool5.4% ±1.7 pp

Public transit2.0% ±1.1 pp

Walk14.3% ±2.1 pp

Bicycle2.6% ±1.1 pp

Work from home18.8% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 13,024 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Newark city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 13th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

13^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 87% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

70^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

71^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

26^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Newark city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 13,024 workers age 16+, including 10,580 workers with reported travel time and 2,444 home workers.

Population estimate30,330± 122 MOE

Workers age 16+13,024± 691 MOE

Workers with travel time10,580± 745 MOE

Estimated home workers2,444± 370 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

Comparable Delaware commute records for Newark city

These 2 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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