ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34078102024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Brigantine, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip28.1 min±4.8 min MOE
Worked from home22.4%±4.3 pp MOE
Drove alone65.5%±6.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.3%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 commute30.3 min → 28.1 min▼ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.2% → 22.4%▲ 9.3 pp

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

Public transit4.0% → 3.7%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.4% → 65.5%▼ 9.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone65.5% ±6.1 pp
Carpool5.4% ±2.9 pp
Public transit3.7% ±3.6 pp
Walk1.5% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home22.4% ±4.3 pp

Each share uses 3,757 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.

68thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

87thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

79th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,674± 30 MOE
Workers age 16+3,757± 302 MOE
Workers with travel time2,914± 294 MOE
Estimated home workers843± 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.