Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34067902024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Bound Brook, New Jersey
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.5 min one way; 8.6% worked from home, 63.3% drove alone, and 7.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip23.5 min±2.6 min MOE
Worked from home8.6%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone63.3%±5.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.6%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 Bound Brook borough's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.4 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 Bound Brook borough residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 63.3%; 2.0% used public transit and 8.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 7,010 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Bound Brook borough compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 41th 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 lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Bound Brook borough's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 7,010 workers age 16+, including 6,407 workers with reported travel time and 603 home workers.
Population estimate12,219± 31 MOE
Workers age 16+7,010± 464 MOE
Workers with travel time6,407± 418 MOE
Estimated home workers603± 190 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 Bound Brook borough
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.