ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34019902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ashland, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip29.1 min±8.2 min MOE
Worked from home22.0%±4.5 pp MOE
Drove alone61.5%±6.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.2%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 the published estimate?

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute29.0 min → 29.1 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.0% → 22.0%▲ 10.9 pp

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

Public transit7.0% → 5.2%▼ 1.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.4% → 61.5%▼ 7.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone61.5% ±6.9 pp
Carpool9.7% ±6.9 pp
Public transit5.2% ±2.3 pp
Walk1.3% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home22.0% ±4.5 pp

Each share uses 4,958 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

74thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

84thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

91thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

55th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,320± 883 MOE
Workers age 16+4,958± 662 MOE
Workers with travel time3,869± 724 MOE
Estimated home workers1,089± 265 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.