Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34107502024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Carteret, New Jersey
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.4 min one way; 11.1% worked from home, 68.1% drove alone, and 14.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip31.4 min±3.4 min MOE
Worked from home11.1%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone68.1%±3.3 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 Carteret borough's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.9 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 Carteret borough residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.1%; 6.9% used public transit and 11.1% worked from home.
Each share uses 12,228 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Carteret borough compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 85th 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 higher than about 85% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Carteret borough's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 12,228 workers age 16+, including 10,876 workers with reported travel time and 1,352 home workers.
Population estimate25,496± 46 MOE
Workers age 16+12,228± 623 MOE
Workers with travel time10,876± 669 MOE
Estimated home workers1,352± 298 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 Carteret borough
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.