ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34322502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hoboken, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip36.8 min±2.7 min MOE
Worked from home36.7%±2.8 pp MOE
Drove alone16.3%±1.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.8%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 commute38.2 min → 36.8 min▼ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home22.1% → 36.7%▲ 14.6 pp

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

Public transit45.8% → 36.6%▼ 9.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone19.4% → 16.3%▼ 3.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone16.3% ±1.8 pp
Carpool1.3% ±0.6 pp
Public transit36.6% ±2.2 pp
Walk7.5% ±1.5 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.3 pp
Work from home36.7% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 38,793 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.

97thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

99thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

100thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 100% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

86th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate58,668± 56 MOE
Workers age 16+38,793± 1,071 MOE
Workers with travel time24,569± 1,203 MOE
Estimated home workers14,224± 1,137 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.