What is the average commute in Budd Lake CDP, New Jersey?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 30.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Budd Lake CDP, New Jersey work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 19.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.6 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 34086202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Budd Lake, New Jersey

Name: Commute estimates for Budd Lake CDP, New Jersey
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.4 min one way; 19.1% worked from home, 72.6% drove alone, and 12.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip30.4 min±6.6 min MOE

Worked from home19.1%±5.6 pp MOE

Drove alone72.6%±6.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip12.8%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 Budd Lake CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute32.7 min → 30.4 min▼ 2.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.7% → 19.1%▲ 3.4 pp

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

Public transit1.7% → 0.7%▼ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.0% → 72.6%▼ 3.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Budd Lake CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.6%; 0.7% used public transit and 19.1% worked from home.

Drive alone72.6% ±6.9 pp

Carpool7.3% ±3.1 pp

Public transit0.7% ±0.8 pp

Walk0.0% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home19.1% ±5.6 pp

Each share uses 5,683 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Budd Lake CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 79th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

79^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

62^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

81^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Budd Lake CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,683 workers age 16+, including 4,597 workers with reported travel time and 1,086 home workers.

Population estimate10,650± 931 MOE

Workers age 16+5,683± 620 MOE

Workers with travel time4,597± 621 MOE

Estimated home workers1,086± 341 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 Budd Lake 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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