ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34269022024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Golden Triangle, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip25.8 min±7.8 min MOE
Worked from home23.2%±13.2 pp MOE
Drove alone62.9%±5.0 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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute28.6 min → 25.8 min▼ 2.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home19.7% → 23.2%▲ 3.5 pp

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

Public transit3.2% → 2.8%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.0% → 62.9%▼ 8.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone62.9% ±5.0 pp
Carpool8.7% ±5.0 pp
Public transit2.8% ±2.1 pp
Walk1.7% ±2.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home23.2% ±13.2 pp

Each share uses 2,895 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.

56thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

86thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

83thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

55th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,765± 1,020 MOE
Workers age 16+2,895± 577 MOE
Workers with travel time2,223± 432 MOE
Estimated home workers672± 406 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.