ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34399002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Leisure Village, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip32.4 min±17.7 min MOE
Worked from home18.2%±15.3 pp MOE
Drove alone53.2%±8.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip14.0%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute33.9 min → 32.4 min▼ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home18.4% → 18.2%▼ 0.2 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 0.0%▼ 1.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone66.7% → 53.2%▼ 13.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone53.2% ±8.1 pp
Carpool26.5% ±14.7 pp
Public transit0.0% ±1.1 pp
Walk2.1% ±3.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±1.1 pp
Work from home18.2% ±15.3 pp

Each share uses 1,901 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.

85thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

74thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

84th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,751± 1,297 MOE
Workers age 16+1,901± 555 MOE
Workers with travel time1,555± 470 MOE
Estimated home workers346± 307 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.