ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34454802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mercerville, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip23.6 min±4.4 min MOE
Worked from home19.4%±4.9 pp MOE
Drove alone73.8%±4.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.0%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 commute23.3 min → 23.6 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.5% → 19.4%▲ 6.9 pp

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

Public transit1.8% → 1.4%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.9% → 73.8%▼ 2.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.8% ±4.2 pp
Carpool4.6% ±2.3 pp
Public transit1.4% ±1.1 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home19.4% ±4.9 pp

Each share uses 6,626 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.

42thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

74thTransit percentile

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

53th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,535± 1,211 MOE
Workers age 16+6,626± 707 MOE
Workers with travel time5,338± 635 MOE
Estimated home workers1,288± 353 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.