ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34406802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Little Ferry, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip29.2 min±5.0 min MOE
Worked from home6.1%±2.7 pp MOE
Drove alone68.5%±4.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.5%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 commute28.2 min → 29.2 min▲ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.1% → 6.1%▲ 2.0 pp

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

Public transit12.8% → 14.5%▲ 1.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.6% → 68.5%▼ 1.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.5% ±4.4 pp
Carpool9.8% ±4.0 pp
Public transit14.5% ±3.8 pp
Walk0.9% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home6.1% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 5,715 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.

74thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

20thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

83th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,996± 24 MOE
Workers age 16+5,715± 623 MOE
Workers with travel time5,366± 594 MOE
Estimated home workers349± 159 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.