Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34365102024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Kearny, New Jersey
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 33.0 min one way; 5.9% worked from home, 62.8% drove alone, and 14.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip33.0 min±2.8 min MOE
Worked from home5.9%±1.3 pp MOE
Drove alone62.8%±3.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip14.7%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 Kearny town's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.8 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Kearny town residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 62.8%; 12.6% used public transit and 5.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 20,438 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Kearny town compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 90th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 90% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 92% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Kearny town's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 20,438 workers age 16+, including 19,233 workers with reported travel time and 1,205 home workers.
Population estimate40,614± 55 MOE
Workers age 16+20,438± 827 MOE
Workers with travel time19,233± 855 MOE
Estimated home workers1,205± 265 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
All New Jersey reports →Comparable New Jersey commute records for Kearny town
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.