ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34081102024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Brookdale, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip35.3 min±5.8 min MOE
Worked from home23.8%±6.8 pp MOE
Drove alone49.5%±3.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip23.1%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 commute32.8 min → 35.3 min▲ 2.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home17.2% → 23.8%▲ 6.5 pp

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

Public transit11.7% → 14.9%▲ 3.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone61.6% → 49.5%▼ 12.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone49.5% ±3.6 pp
Carpool10.0% ±3.9 pp
Public transit14.9% ±3.4 pp
Walk1.4% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home23.8% ±6.8 pp

Each share uses 5,266 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.

93thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

87thWork-from-home percentile

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

99thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,960± 991 MOE
Workers age 16+5,266± 541 MOE
Workers with travel time4,015± 412 MOE
Estimated home workers1,251± 382 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.