ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34516602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

New Milford, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip29.0 min±4.1 min MOE
Worked from home16.9%±3.2 pp MOE
Drove alone61.3%±4.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.5%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 commute30.2 min → 29.0 min▼ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.1% → 16.9%▲ 7.8 pp

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

Public transit7.2% → 7.5%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.9% → 61.3%▼ 9.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone61.3% ±4.7 pp
Carpool10.3% ±2.8 pp
Public transit7.5% ±2.4 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp
Work from home16.9% ±3.2 pp

Each share uses 8,410 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.

73thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 71% 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.

80th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate16,995± 34 MOE
Workers age 16+8,410± 580 MOE
Workers with travel time6,988± 609 MOE
Estimated home workers1,422± 288 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.