ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34224702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fair Lawn, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip31.3 min±3.1 min MOE
Worked from home20.2%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone61.6%±4.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip17.4%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 commute33.6 min → 31.3 min▼ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.2% → 20.2%▲ 7.0 pp

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

Public transit13.9% → 9.6%▼ 4.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone64.3% → 61.6%▼ 2.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone61.6% ±4.1 pp
Carpool5.5% ±1.5 pp
Public transit9.6% ±1.9 pp
Walk1.2% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home20.2% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 17,333 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.

84thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 84% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

74thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

96thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

94th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate35,610± 78 MOE
Workers age 16+17,333± 775 MOE
Workers with travel time13,828± 875 MOE
Estimated home workers3,505± 468 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.