Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34100002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Camden, New Jersey
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.8 min one way; 5.5% worked from home, 54.6% drove alone, and 5.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip23.8 min±2.2 min MOE
Worked from home5.5%±1.1 pp MOE
Drove alone54.6%±2.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.9%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 Camden city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.2 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Camden city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 54.6%; 11.1% used public transit and 5.5% worked from home.
Each share uses 25,966 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Camden city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 39th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 61% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 94% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Camden city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 25,966 workers age 16+, including 24,535 workers with reported travel time and 1,431 home workers.
Population estimate71,496± 93 MOE
Workers age 16+25,966± 1,182 MOE
Workers with travel time24,535± 1,102 MOE
Estimated home workers1,431± 300 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
All New Jersey reports →Comparable New Jersey commute records for Camden city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.