ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34480302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Morganville, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip34.9 min±11.9 min MOE
Worked from home21.1%±6.0 pp MOE
Drove alone56.5%±9.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip21.3%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 commute38.2 min → 34.9 min▼ 3.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.9% → 21.1%▲ 10.2 pp

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

Public transit11.7% → 7.9%▼ 3.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.9% → 56.5%▼ 14.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone56.5% ±9.4 pp
Carpool11.9% ±8.4 pp
Public transit7.9% ±4.2 pp
Walk1.4% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home21.1% ±6.0 pp

Each share uses 3,624 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.

92thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 82% 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.

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 estimate5,902± 758 MOE
Workers age 16+3,624± 669 MOE
Workers with travel time2,860± 646 MOE
Estimated home workers764± 259 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.