What is the average commute in Mystic Island CDP, New Jersey?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 39.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.1 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 34495602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mystic Island, New Jersey

Name: Commute estimates for Mystic Island CDP, New Jersey
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 39.0 min one way; 11.0% worked from home, 80.0% drove alone, and 16.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Mystic Island CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.8 percentage points.

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 Mystic Island CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.0%; 3.1% used public transit and 11.0% worked from home.

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

How Mystic Island CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 97th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

97^thMean commute percentile

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

47^thWork-from-home percentile

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

85^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 85% 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 Mystic Island CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,686 workers age 16+, including 3,280 workers with reported travel time and 406 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable New Jersey commute records for Mystic Island 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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