What is the average commute in Franklin Center CDP, New Jersey?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Franklin Center CDP, New Jersey work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 32.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 15.0 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 34249652024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Franklin Center, New Jersey

Name: Commute estimates for Franklin Center CDP, New Jersey
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.9 min one way; 32.4% worked from home, 53.8% drove alone, and 7.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.9 min±9.0 min MOE

Worked from home32.4%±15.0 pp MOE

Drove alone53.8%±4.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip7.4%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 Franklin Center CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -6.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +10.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute34.4 min → 27.9 min▼ 6.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home22.0% → 32.4%▲ 10.4 pp

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

Public transit4.5% → 3.0%▼ 1.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone65.3% → 53.8%▼ 11.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Franklin Center CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 53.8%; 3.0% used public transit and 32.4% worked from home.

Drive alone53.8% ±4.3 pp

Carpool10.7% ±6.4 pp

Public transit3.0% ±2.6 pp

Walk0.1% ±0.2 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp

Work from home32.4% ±15.0 pp

Each share uses 2,923 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Franklin Center CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 67th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

67^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Franklin Center CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,923 workers age 16+, including 1,976 workers with reported travel time and 947 home workers.

Population estimate6,646± 837 MOE

Workers age 16+2,923± 679 MOE

Workers with travel time1,976± 432 MOE

Estimated home workers947± 490 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 Franklin Center CDP

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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