ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34195102024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

East Rutherford, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip28.3 min±4.9 min MOE
Worked from home20.0%±4.7 pp MOE
Drove alone62.0%±6.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.2%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 commute30.4 min → 28.3 min▼ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.5% → 20.0%▲ 9.5 pp

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

Public transit13.8% → 9.5%▼ 4.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.2% → 62.0%▼ 5.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone62.0% ±6.3 pp
Carpool0.7% ±0.5 pp
Public transit9.5% ±3.4 pp
Walk6.8% ±4.0 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp
Work from home20.0% ±4.7 pp

Each share uses 5,766 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.

69thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

79thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

79th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,313± 29 MOE
Workers age 16+5,766± 400 MOE
Workers with travel time4,614± 433 MOE
Estimated home workers1,152± 285 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.