Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34210002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Elizabeth, New Jersey
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.7 min one way; 6.3% worked from home, 57.9% drove alone, and 8.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip26.7 min±1.3 min MOE
Worked from home6.3%±1.0 pp MOE
Drove alone57.9%±1.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.5%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 Elizabeth city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.1 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Elizabeth city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 57.9%; 11.0% used public transit and 6.3% worked from home.
Each share uses 64,072 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Elizabeth city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 62th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 62% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 96% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Elizabeth city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 64,072 workers age 16+, including 60,046 workers with reported travel time and 4,026 home workers.
Population estimate137,302± 45 MOE
Workers age 16+64,072± 1,303 MOE
Workers with travel time60,046± 1,345 MOE
Estimated home workers4,026± 618 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
All New Jersey reports →Comparable New Jersey commute records for Elizabeth city
These 3 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.