ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34364802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Keansburg, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip25.9 min±4.6 min MOE
Worked from home7.5%±4.2 pp MOE
Drove alone65.1%±5.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.3%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 commute30.7 min → 25.9 min▼ 4.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.4% → 7.5%▲ 3.0 pp

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

Public transit3.4% → 6.6%▲ 3.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.9% → 65.1%▼ 9.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone65.1% ±5.6 pp
Carpool12.2% ±5.9 pp
Public transit6.6% ±4.0 pp
Walk2.0% ±2.3 pp
Bicycle2.0% ±1.6 pp
Work from home7.5% ±4.2 pp

Each share uses 4,910 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.

57thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

28thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

93thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

72th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,719± 26 MOE
Workers age 16+4,910± 477 MOE
Workers with travel time4,544± 455 MOE
Estimated home workers366± 207 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.