What is the average commute in Haledon borough, New Jersey?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 25.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Haledon borough, New Jersey work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.6 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34290702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Haledon, New Jersey

Name: Commute estimates for Haledon borough, New Jersey
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.0 min one way; 8.3% worked from home, 72.6% drove alone, and 4.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.0 min±4.3 min MOE

Worked from home8.3%±3.6 pp MOE

Drove alone72.6%±5.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.5%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 Haledon borough's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.1 min → 25.0 min▼ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.2% → 8.3%▲ 4.1 pp

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

Public transit7.4% → 4.3%▼ 3.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.6% → 72.6%▼ 3.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Haledon borough residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.6%; 4.3% used public transit and 8.3% worked from home.

Drive alone72.6% ±5.1 pp

Carpool11.6% ±4.9 pp

Public transit4.3% ±2.5 pp

Walk0.0% ±0.2 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home8.3% ±3.6 pp

Each share uses 4,583 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Haledon borough compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 52th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

52^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

33^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

89^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

31^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Haledon borough's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,583 workers age 16+, including 4,201 workers with reported travel time and 382 home workers.

Population estimate8,980± 20 MOE

Workers age 16+4,583± 357 MOE

Workers with travel time4,201± 330 MOE

Estimated home workers382± 168 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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable New Jersey commute records for Haledon borough

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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