ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34041802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Beachwood, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip31.1 min±4.9 min MOE
Worked from home7.5%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone83.3%±1.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip14.3%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 commute29.6 min → 31.1 min▲ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.8% → 7.5%▲ 2.7 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 1.1%▲ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone88.1% → 83.3%▼ 4.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone83.3% ±1.8 pp
Carpool7.6% ±4.8 pp
Public transit1.1% ±1.1 pp
Walk0.2% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home7.5% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 5,779 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.

81thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

28thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

68thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,088± 23 MOE
Workers age 16+5,779± 500 MOE
Workers with travel time5,348± 482 MOE
Estimated home workers431± 111 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.