ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34294302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hammonton, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip30.5 min±6.1 min MOE
Worked from home10.6%±4.2 pp MOE
Drove alone74.4%±5.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.1%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 commute28.9 min → 30.5 min▲ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.3% → 10.6%▲ 4.3 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.0%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.9% → 74.4%▼ 1.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.4% ±5.3 pp
Carpool11.8% ±4.9 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp
Walk1.1% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.8% ±0.9 pp
Work from home10.6% ±4.2 pp

Each share uses 6,829 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.

45thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

38thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

79th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate14,840± 40 MOE
Workers age 16+6,829± 474 MOE
Workers with travel time6,104± 509 MOE
Estimated home workers725± 291 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.