What is the average commute in Heathcote CDP, New Jersey?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 30.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Heathcote CDP, New Jersey work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 35.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 9.8 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 34307382024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Heathcote, New Jersey

Name: Commute estimates for Heathcote CDP, New Jersey
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.5 min one way; 35.4% worked from home, 46.1% drove alone, and 12.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip30.5 min±9.4 min MOE

Worked from home35.4%±9.8 pp MOE

Drove alone46.1%±8.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip12.0%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 Heathcote CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -4.8 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 commute35.3 min → 30.5 min▼ 4.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home28.1% → 35.4%▲ 7.3 pp

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

Public transit7.2% → 4.3%▼ 2.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone57.5% → 46.1%▼ 11.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Heathcote CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 46.1%; 4.3% used public transit and 35.4% worked from home.

Drive alone46.1% ±8.6 pp

Carpool10.8% ±5.6 pp

Public transit4.3% ±2.9 pp

Walk0.4% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home35.4% ±9.8 pp

Each share uses 3,863 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Heathcote CDP 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.

98^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 98% 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.

78^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Heathcote CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,863 workers age 16+, including 2,495 workers with reported travel time and 1,368 home workers.

Population estimate7,717± 1,248 MOE

Workers age 16+3,863± 715 MOE

Workers with travel time2,495± 528 MOE

Estimated home workers1,368± 457 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 Heathcote CDP

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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