What is the average commute in Martinsville CDP, New Jersey?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 34.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Martinsville CDP, New Jersey work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 26.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.8 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34444302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Martinsville, New Jersey

Name: Commute estimates for Martinsville CDP, New Jersey
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 34.0 min one way; 26.0% worked from home, 64.8% drove alone, and 16.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip34.0 min±4.9 min MOE

Worked from home26.0%±3.8 pp MOE

Drove alone64.8%±2.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip16.9%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 Martinsville CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute32.7 min → 34.0 min▲ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.4% → 26.0%▲ 9.6 pp

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

Public transit4.4% → 4.3%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.4% → 64.8%▼ 11.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Martinsville CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 64.8%; 4.3% used public transit and 26.0% worked from home.

Drive alone64.8% ±2.7 pp

Carpool2.9% ±1.4 pp

Public transit4.3% ±2.0 pp

Walk0.3% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp

Work from home26.0% ±3.8 pp

Each share uses 5,442 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Martinsville CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 90th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

90^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

89^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Martinsville CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,442 workers age 16+, including 4,026 workers with reported travel time and 1,416 home workers.

Population estimate11,559± 765 MOE

Workers age 16+5,442± 421 MOE

Workers with travel time4,026± 333 MOE

Estimated home workers1,416± 233 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 Martinsville 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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