What is the average commute in Echelon CDP, New Jersey?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Echelon CDP, New Jersey work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 23.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.7 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34199002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Echelon, New Jersey

Name: Commute estimates for Echelon CDP, New Jersey
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.1 min one way; 23.0% worked from home, 65.8% drove alone, and 9.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.1 min±4.9 min MOE

Worked from home23.0%±4.7 pp MOE

Drove alone65.8%±7.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip9.7%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 Echelon CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +14.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.7 min → 29.1 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.9% → 23.0%▲ 14.1 pp

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

Public transit8.4% → 4.3%▼ 4.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone66.7% → 65.8%▼ 0.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Echelon CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 65.8%; 4.3% used public transit and 23.0% worked from home.

Drive alone65.8% ±7.0 pp

Carpool4.8% ±2.3 pp

Public transit4.3% ±2.2 pp

Walk1.2% ±1.8 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.4 pp

Work from home23.0% ±4.7 pp

Each share uses 6,954 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Echelon CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 73th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

73^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

86^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

89^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Echelon CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,954 workers age 16+, including 5,358 workers with reported travel time and 1,596 home workers.

Population estimate13,284± 1,108 MOE

Workers age 16+6,954± 541 MOE

Workers with travel time5,358± 625 MOE

Estimated home workers1,596± 352 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 Echelon 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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