ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34529502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Northfield, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip21.8 min±2.2 min MOE
Worked from home9.5%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone80.4%±6.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.7%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 commute21.1 min → 21.8 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.2% → 9.5%▲ 3.2 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 1.0%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.8% → 80.4%▼ 2.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.4% ±6.4 pp
Carpool3.4% ±2.0 pp
Public transit1.0% ±0.7 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp
Work from home9.5% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 4,424 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.

31thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

39thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

68thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,456± 39 MOE
Workers age 16+4,424± 265 MOE
Workers with travel time4,004± 246 MOE
Estimated home workers420± 133 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.