ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34199002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Echelon, New Jersey

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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute28.7 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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

73thMean commute percentile

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

86thWork-from-home percentile

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

89thTransit percentile

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

69th60+ 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 the shares

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.