What is the average commute in Elmwood Park borough, New Jersey?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Elmwood Park borough, New Jersey work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.9 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 34213002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Elmwood Park, New Jersey

Name: Commute estimates for Elmwood Park borough, New Jersey
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.1 min one way; 8.5% worked from home, 68.0% drove alone, and 11.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.1 min±3.6 min MOE

Worked from home8.5%±3.9 pp MOE

Drove alone68.0%±4.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip11.6%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 Elmwood Park borough's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.9 min → 27.1 min▲ 2.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.3% → 8.5%▲ 3.1 pp

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

Public transit6.5% → 6.9%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.5% → 68.0%▼ 9.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Elmwood Park borough residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.0%; 6.9% used public transit and 8.5% worked from home.

Drive alone68.0% ±4.1 pp

Carpool9.8% ±2.2 pp

Public transit6.9% ±1.9 pp

Walk3.4% ±1.7 pp

Bicycle1.2% ±1.6 pp

Work from home8.5% ±3.9 pp

Each share uses 10,753 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Elmwood Park borough compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 63th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

63^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

33^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

94^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Elmwood Park borough's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 10,753 workers age 16+, including 9,842 workers with reported travel time and 911 home workers.

Population estimate21,412± 42 MOE

Workers age 16+10,753± 746 MOE

Workers with travel time9,842± 763 MOE

Estimated home workers911± 423 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 Elmwood Park borough

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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