ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34287102024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hackettstown, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip30.6 min±4.0 min MOE
Worked from home12.9%±2.7 pp MOE
Drove alone70.8%±4.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip18.9%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 commute31.2 min → 30.6 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.4% → 12.9%▲ 5.5 pp

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

Public transit1.4% → 1.1%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.2% → 70.8%▼ 4.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.8% ±4.0 pp
Carpool7.4% ±2.5 pp
Public transit1.1% ±1.1 pp
Walk4.3% ±2.0 pp
Bicycle0.9% ±0.9 pp
Work from home12.9% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 5,255 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.

79thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56thWork-from-home percentile

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

68thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

93th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,140± 30 MOE
Workers age 16+5,255± 298 MOE
Workers with travel time4,577± 287 MOE
Estimated home workers678± 149 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.