ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34243002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fort Dix, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip15.4 min±4.3 min MOE
Worked from home6.8%±3.5 pp MOE
Drove alone72.3%±9.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.7%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 commute16.2 min → 15.4 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.0% → 6.8%▲ 4.8 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.2% → 72.3%▼ 5.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone72.3% ±9.1 pp
Carpool14.1% ±7.6 pp
Public transit0.0% ±1.2 pp
Walk4.7% ±4.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±1.2 pp
Work from home6.8% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 1,677 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.

5thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

24thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

34th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,984± 740 MOE
Workers age 16+1,677± 211 MOE
Workers with travel time1,563± 227 MOE
Estimated home workers114± 61 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.