ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34366902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Kenilworth, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip24.7 min±5.5 min MOE
Worked from home3.8%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone78.6%±6.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.7%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute28.1 min → 24.7 min▼ 3.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.9% → 3.8%▼ 0.1 pp

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

Public transit1.9% → 4.0%▲ 2.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.2% → 78.6%▼ 2.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.6% ±6.0 pp
Carpool8.3% ±4.2 pp
Public transit4.0% ±4.3 pp
Walk2.3% ±1.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home3.8% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 4,217 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.

49thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

8thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

63th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,401± 24 MOE
Workers age 16+4,217± 507 MOE
Workers with travel time4,056± 503 MOE
Estimated home workers161± 100 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.