ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34369602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Kingston Estates, New Jersey

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.3 min one way; 11.5% worked from home, 66.3% drove alone, and 5.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.3 min±9.2 min MOE
Worked from home11.5%±6.3 pp MOE
Drove alone66.3%±12.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.0%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 Kingston Estates CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute23.7 min → 25.3 min▲ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.6% → 11.5%▲ 5.9 pp

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

Public transit8.3% → 5.9%▼ 2.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.7% → 66.3%▼ 9.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Kingston Estates CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.3%; 5.9% used public transit and 11.5% worked from home.

Drive alone66.3% ±12.6 pp
Carpool13.7% ±8.0 pp
Public transit5.9% ±3.8 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home11.5% ±6.3 pp

Each share uses 3,261 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Kingston Estates CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 53th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

53thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

49thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

92thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

36th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Kingston Estates CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,261 workers age 16+, including 2,886 workers with reported travel time and 375 home workers.

Population estimate6,668± 889 MOE
Workers age 16+3,261± 715 MOE
Workers with travel time2,886± 735 MOE
Estimated home workers375± 220 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 Kingston Estates 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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