ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34268202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Gloucester City, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip22.7 min±3.6 min MOE
Worked from home7.5%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone73.2%±7.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.3%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 commute21.6 min → 22.7 min▲ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.7% → 7.5%▲ 3.8 pp

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

Public transit1.9% → 0.5%▼ 1.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.4% → 73.2%▼ 1.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.2% ±7.9 pp
Carpool11.3% ±4.4 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.4 pp
Walk5.6% ±3.6 pp
Bicycle1.3% ±1.3 pp
Work from home7.5% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 4,996 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.

36thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

28thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

10th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,509± 33 MOE
Workers age 16+4,996± 411 MOE
Workers with travel time4,622± 417 MOE
Estimated home workers374± 120 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.