ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34152502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Country Lake Estates, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip31.6 min±12.4 min MOE
Worked from home5.6%±4.1 pp MOE
Drove alone69.4%±26.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip17.7%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 commute28.1 min → 31.6 min▲ 3.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.9% → 5.6%▲ 1.7 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.0%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.8% → 69.4%▼ 4.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.4% ±26.9 pp
Carpool17.6% ±10.7 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk7.3% ±5.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home5.6% ±4.1 pp

Each share uses 3,100 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.

83thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

17thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

92th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,055± 1,112 MOE
Workers age 16+3,100± 884 MOE
Workers with travel time2,926± 859 MOE
Estimated home workers174± 136 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.