ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34403202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lincroft, New Jersey

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 35.4 min one way; 22.7% worked from home, 61.5% drove alone, and 25.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip35.4 min±9.9 min MOE
Worked from home22.7%±8.2 pp MOE
Drove alone61.5%±10.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip25.6%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 Lincroft CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -5.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +10.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute41.2 min → 35.4 min▼ 5.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.4% → 22.7%▲ 10.3 pp

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

Public transit11.6% → 8.1%▼ 3.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.3% → 61.5%▼ 5.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Lincroft CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 61.5%; 8.1% used public transit and 22.7% worked from home.

Drive alone61.5% ±10.6 pp
Carpool4.3% ±4.0 pp
Public transit8.1% ±4.4 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home22.7% ±8.2 pp

Each share uses 2,969 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Lincroft CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 93th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

93thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85thWork-from-home percentile

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

95thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Lincroft CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,969 workers age 16+, including 2,294 workers with reported travel time and 675 home workers.

Population estimate6,939± 663 MOE
Workers age 16+2,969± 317 MOE
Workers with travel time2,294± 366 MOE
Estimated home workers675± 255 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 Lincroft 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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