ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34257702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Garfield, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip28.0 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home6.7%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone68.4%±3.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.8%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 commute29.0 min → 28.0 min▼ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.5% → 6.7%▲ 2.3 pp

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

Public transit8.9% → 5.7%▼ 3.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.2% → 68.4%▼ 2.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.4% ±3.6 pp
Carpool10.5% ±2.1 pp
Public transit5.7% ±2.0 pp
Walk4.8% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle1.1% ±0.6 pp
Work from home6.7% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 16,585 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.

67thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 67% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

11thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

91thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

72th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate32,783± 46 MOE
Workers age 16+16,585± 756 MOE
Workers with travel time15,471± 743 MOE
Estimated home workers1,114± 362 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.