What is the average commute in Jamesburg borough, New Jersey?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 22.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 24.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 10.4 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 34348902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Jamesburg, New Jersey

Name: Commute estimates for Jamesburg borough, New Jersey
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.4 min one way; 24.7% worked from home, 58.0% drove alone, and 3.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.4 min±4.5 min MOE

Worked from home24.7%±10.4 pp MOE

Drove alone58.0%±11.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.4%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 Jamesburg borough's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -10.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute33.0 min → 22.4 min▼ 10.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home18.5% → 24.7%▲ 6.2 pp

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

Public transit2.9% → 1.6%▼ 1.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.2% → 58.0%▼ 14.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Jamesburg borough residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 58.0%; 1.6% used public transit and 24.7% worked from home.

Drive alone58.0% ±11.8 pp

Carpool7.2% ±4.1 pp

Public transit1.6% ±1.5 pp

Walk1.9% ±2.2 pp

Bicycle0.9% ±1.0 pp

Work from home24.7% ±10.4 pp

Each share uses 3,188 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Jamesburg borough compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 35th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

35^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

89^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

20^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Jamesburg borough's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,188 workers age 16+, including 2,399 workers with reported travel time and 789 home workers.

Population estimate5,770± 18 MOE

Workers age 16+3,188± 276 MOE

Workers with travel time2,399± 330 MOE

Estimated home workers789± 338 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 Jamesburg 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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