Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34526202024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
North Caldwell, New Jersey
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.2 min one way; 30.6% worked from home, 57.4% drove alone, and 16.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip30.2 min±7.8 min MOE
Worked from home30.6%±9.1 pp MOE
Drove alone57.4%±9.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip16.1%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 North Caldwell borough's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.6 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How North Caldwell borough residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 57.4%; 7.0% used public transit and 30.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 3,374 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How North Caldwell borough compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 78th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind North Caldwell borough's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 3,374 workers age 16+, including 2,341 workers with reported travel time and 1,033 home workers.
Population estimate6,656± 20 MOE
Workers age 16+3,374± 289 MOE
Workers with travel time2,341± 371 MOE
Estimated home workers1,033± 321 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
All New Jersey reports →Comparable New Jersey commute records for North Caldwell borough
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.