Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34054402024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Berlin, New Jersey
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 36.4 min one way; 11.0% worked from home, 82.8% drove alone, and 19.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip36.4 min±7.5 min MOE
Worked from home11.0%±4.9 pp MOE
Drove alone82.8%±4.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip19.6%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 Berlin borough's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +4.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.9 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 Berlin borough residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 82.8%; 2.9% used public transit and 11.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 3,892 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Berlin borough compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 95th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Berlin borough's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 3,892 workers age 16+, including 3,465 workers with reported travel time and 427 home workers.
Population estimate7,539± 20 MOE
Workers age 16+3,892± 351 MOE
Workers with travel time3,465± 329 MOE
Estimated home workers427± 194 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 Berlin borough
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.