ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34200202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Edgewater, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip38.1 min±6.2 min MOE
Worked from home30.4%±6.2 pp MOE
Drove alone38.2%±5.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip24.5%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 commute43.6 min → 38.1 min▼ 5.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.6% → 30.4%▲ 14.8 pp

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

Public transit37.8% → 23.0%▼ 14.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone39.9% → 38.2%▼ 1.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone38.2% ±5.9 pp
Carpool2.8% ±2.0 pp
Public transit23.0% ±5.0 pp
Walk3.3% ±2.1 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.5 pp
Work from home30.4% ±6.2 pp

Each share uses 8,498 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.

97thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

95thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

100thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 100% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate14,759± 25 MOE
Workers age 16+8,498± 632 MOE
Workers with travel time5,917± 673 MOE
Estimated home workers2,581± 557 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.