What is the average commute in Bridgewater Center CDP, New Jersey?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 28.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Bridgewater Center CDP, New Jersey work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 24.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.7 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34077282024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bridgewater Center, New Jersey

Name: Commute estimates for Bridgewater Center CDP, New Jersey
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.4 min one way; 24.8% worked from home, 69.1% drove alone, and 8.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.4 min±6.7 min MOE

Worked from home24.8%±4.7 pp MOE

Drove alone69.1%±7.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.0%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 Bridgewater Center CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.9 min → 28.4 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home17.0% → 24.8%▲ 7.8 pp

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

Public transit2.4% → 2.2%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.0% → 69.1%▼ 9.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Bridgewater Center CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.1%; 2.2% used public transit and 24.8% worked from home.

Drive alone69.1% ±7.2 pp

Carpool3.6% ±1.8 pp

Public transit2.2% ±1.6 pp

Walk0.0% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp

Work from home24.8% ±4.7 pp

Each share uses 3,139 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Bridgewater Center CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 70th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

70^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

89^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

59^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Bridgewater Center CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,139 workers age 16+, including 2,362 workers with reported travel time and 777 home workers.

Population estimate6,505± 732 MOE

Workers age 16+3,139± 365 MOE

Workers with travel time2,362± 360 MOE

Estimated home workers777± 174 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

Comparable New Jersey commute records for Bridgewater Center CDP

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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