ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34263402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Glassboro, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip28.1 min±3.7 min MOE
Worked from home16.7%±3.5 pp MOE
Drove alone66.8%±3.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.2%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 commute29.0 min → 28.1 min▼ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.2% → 16.7%▲ 7.6 pp

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

Public transit2.6% → 2.0%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.1% → 66.8%▼ 7.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone66.8% ±3.9 pp
Carpool5.6% ±2.0 pp
Public transit2.0% ±1.6 pp
Walk6.5% ±1.9 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.3 pp
Work from home16.7% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 11,238 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.

69thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate23,717± 29 MOE
Workers age 16+11,238± 646 MOE
Workers with travel time9,358± 649 MOE
Estimated home workers1,880± 405 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.