ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34054402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Berlin, New Jersey

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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute32.3 min → 36.4 min▲ 4.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.1% → 11.0%▲ 3.9 pp

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

Public transit2.2% → 2.9%▲ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.8% → 82.8%▼ 1.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone82.8% ±4.0 pp
Carpool1.5% ±1.4 pp
Public transit2.9% ±2.1 pp
Walk1.8% ±2.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home11.0% ±4.9 pp

Each share uses 3,892 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.

95thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

46thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

84thTransit percentile

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

94th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

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.