What is the average commute in Hasbrouck Heights borough, New Jersey?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 30.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 13.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.2 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 34304202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey

Name: Commute estimates for Hasbrouck Heights borough, New Jersey
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.4 min one way; 13.3% worked from home, 62.4% drove alone, and 14.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip30.4 min±5.2 min MOE

Worked from home13.3%±4.2 pp MOE

Drove alone62.4%±5.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip14.4%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 Hasbrouck Heights borough's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute30.1 min → 30.4 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.0% → 13.3%▲ 7.3 pp

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

Public transit12.6% → 10.5%▼ 2.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.8% → 62.4%▼ 8.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Hasbrouck Heights borough residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 62.4%; 10.5% used public transit and 13.3% worked from home.

Drive alone62.4% ±5.4 pp

Carpool8.9% ±3.2 pp

Public transit10.5% ±3.7 pp

Walk3.6% ±2.7 pp

Bicycle0.6% ±1.0 pp

Work from home13.3% ±4.2 pp

Each share uses 6,399 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Hasbrouck Heights borough compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 79th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

79^thMean commute percentile

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

58^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Hasbrouck Heights borough's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,399 workers age 16+, including 5,551 workers with reported travel time and 848 home workers.

Population estimate12,115± 27 MOE

Workers age 16+6,399± 514 MOE

Workers with travel time5,551± 467 MOE

Estimated home workers848± 278 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 Hasbrouck Heights 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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