ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34495602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mystic Island, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip39.0 min±9.8 min MOE
Worked from home11.0%±4.1 pp MOE
Drove alone80.0%±5.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip16.7%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 commute40.9 min → 39.0 min▼ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.2% → 11.0%▲ 5.8 pp

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

Public transit3.1% → 3.1%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.7% → 80.0%▼ 5.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.0% ±5.1 pp
Carpool5.5% ±2.8 pp
Public transit3.1% ±4.2 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home11.0% ±4.1 pp

Each share uses 3,686 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.

97thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

47thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90th60+ 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 the shares

Population estimate8,259± 896 MOE
Workers age 16+3,686± 536 MOE
Workers with travel time3,280± 527 MOE
Estimated home workers406± 161 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.