ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34366602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Kendall Park, New Jersey

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.3 min one way; 20.9% worked from home, 67.5% drove alone, and 16.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip31.3 min±9.3 min MOE
Worked from home20.9%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone67.5%±12.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip16.3%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 Kendall Park CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute31.8 min → 31.3 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home17.9% → 20.9%▲ 2.9 pp

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

Public transit5.4% → 5.2%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.4% → 67.5%▼ 2.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Kendall Park CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 67.5%; 5.2% used public transit and 20.9% worked from home.

Drive alone67.5% ±12.1 pp
Carpool5.2% ±3.7 pp
Public transit5.2% ±2.8 pp
Walk0.1% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home20.9% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 5,414 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Kendall Park CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 82th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

82thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

81thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

91thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

89th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Kendall Park CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,414 workers age 16+, including 4,285 workers with reported travel time and 1,129 home workers.

Population estimate10,011± 1,137 MOE
Workers age 16+5,414± 1,017 MOE
Workers with travel time4,285± 997 MOE
Estimated home workers1,129± 243 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 Kendall Park 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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