ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34293702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hamilton Square, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip25.5 min±4.7 min MOE
Worked from home19.4%±5.6 pp MOE
Drove alone66.5%±5.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.7%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 commute24.8 min → 25.5 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.6% → 19.4%▲ 9.8 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 1.6%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.0% → 66.5%▼ 13.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone66.5% ±5.0 pp
Carpool11.0% ±4.4 pp
Public transit1.6% ±1.1 pp
Walk1.1% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home19.4% ±5.6 pp

Each share uses 5,917 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.

54thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,622± 1,008 MOE
Workers age 16+5,917± 706 MOE
Workers with travel time4,770± 588 MOE
Estimated home workers1,147± 361 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.