ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34103002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cape May Court House, New Jersey

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.3 min one way; 9.8% worked from home, 86.5% drove alone, and 6.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.3 min±6.3 min MOE
Worked from home9.8%±4.6 pp MOE
Drove alone86.5%±6.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.0%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 Cape May Court House CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.5 min → 20.3 min▲ 1.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.2% → 9.8%▲ 4.7 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.1%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.8% → 86.5%▲ 3.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Cape May Court House CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 86.5%; 0.1% used public transit and 9.8% worked from home.

Drive alone86.5% ±6.0 pp
Carpool3.0% ±2.7 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.8 pp
Work from home9.8% ±4.6 pp

Each share uses 2,367 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Cape May Court House CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 23th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

23thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

41thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

40thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

45th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Cape May Court House CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,367 workers age 16+, including 2,134 workers with reported travel time and 233 home workers.

Population estimate5,628± 808 MOE
Workers age 16+2,367± 447 MOE
Workers with travel time2,134± 405 MOE
Estimated home workers233± 117 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 Cape May Court House 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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