ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34279952024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Greentree, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip30.9 min±6.9 min MOE
Worked from home30.5%±5.1 pp MOE
Drove alone58.3%±6.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.5%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 commute29.2 min → 30.9 min▲ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.7% → 30.5%▲ 16.8 pp

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

Public transit4.5% → 3.9%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.8% → 58.3%▼ 17.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone58.3% ±6.3 pp
Carpool5.7% ±2.7 pp
Public transit3.9% ±1.8 pp
Walk1.0% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp
Work from home30.5% ±5.1 pp

Each share uses 5,592 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.

80thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

95thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,537± 870 MOE
Workers age 16+5,592± 619 MOE
Workers with travel time3,888± 550 MOE
Estimated home workers1,704± 342 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.