ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34084552024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Browns Mills, New Jersey

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.8 min one way; 6.9% worked from home, 74.6% drove alone, and 14.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip31.8 min±4.6 min MOE
Worked from home6.9%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone74.6%±5.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip14.3%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 Browns Mills CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute29.5 min → 31.8 min▲ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.2% → 6.9%▲ 2.7 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.0%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.6% → 74.6%▼ 1.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Browns Mills CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 6.9% worked from home.

Drive alone74.6% ±5.3 pp
Carpool14.7% ±3.9 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk1.4% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home6.9% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 4,320 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Browns Mills CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 83th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

83thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

25thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Browns Mills CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,320 workers age 16+, including 4,020 workers with reported travel time and 300 home workers.

Population estimate9,672± 651 MOE
Workers age 16+4,320± 401 MOE
Workers with travel time4,020± 381 MOE
Estimated home workers300± 131 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 Browns Mills 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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