ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34376802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip25.0 min±4.5 min MOE
Worked from home17.7%±3.7 pp MOE
Drove alone69.4%±6.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.1%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 commute24.7 min → 25.0 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.4% → 17.7%▲ 11.3 pp

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

Public transit3.2% → 3.1%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.1% → 69.4%▼ 9.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.4% ±6.5 pp
Carpool7.8% ±3.5 pp
Public transit3.1% ±1.9 pp
Walk2.0% ±1.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home17.7% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 6,256 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.

51thMean commute percentile

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

73thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

53th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,018± 915 MOE
Workers age 16+6,256± 606 MOE
Workers with travel time5,147± 592 MOE
Estimated home workers1,109± 254 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.