ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34407702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Little Silver, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip35.8 min±10.7 min MOE
Worked from home31.9%±9.1 pp MOE
Drove alone51.5%±10.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip21.7%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 commute39.3 min → 35.8 min▼ 3.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home21.6% → 31.9%▲ 10.3 pp

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

Public transit14.8% → 9.8%▼ 5.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone63.0% → 51.5%▼ 11.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone51.5% ±10.9 pp
Carpool3.8% ±3.4 pp
Public transit9.8% ±4.3 pp
Walk3.0% ±2.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home31.9% ±9.1 pp

Each share uses 3,233 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.

94thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

95th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,105± 16 MOE
Workers age 16+3,233± 270 MOE
Workers with travel time2,202± 378 MOE
Estimated home workers1,031± 305 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.