ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34215102024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip35.8 min±9.0 min MOE
Worked from home24.0%±4.7 pp MOE
Drove alone56.7%±5.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip27.2%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 commute38.8 min → 35.8 min▼ 3.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.8% → 24.0%▲ 10.2 pp

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

Public transit13.4% → 7.1%▼ 6.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone62.7% → 56.7%▼ 6.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone56.7% ±5.9 pp
Carpool12.2% ±4.8 pp
Public transit7.1% ±3.2 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.8 pp
Work from home24.0% ±4.7 pp

Each share uses 2,637 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.

94thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

87thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

94thTransit percentile

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

98th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,362± 27 MOE
Workers age 16+2,637± 274 MOE
Workers with travel time2,005± 256 MOE
Estimated home workers632± 141 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.