ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34104802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Carlstadt, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip24.6 min±6.0 min MOE
Worked from home9.2%±5.2 pp MOE
Drove alone68.1%±20.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.4%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 commute26.5 min → 24.6 min▼ 1.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.1% → 9.2%▲ 6.1 pp

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

Public transit12.5% → 7.6%▼ 4.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.6% → 68.1%▼ 2.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.1% ±20.2 pp
Carpool12.0% ±7.3 pp
Public transit7.6% ±5.2 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home9.2% ±5.2 pp

Each share uses 3,497 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.

49thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

37thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

95thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

61th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,378± 14 MOE
Workers age 16+3,497± 486 MOE
Workers with travel time3,174± 567 MOE
Estimated home workers323± 187 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.