ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34543152024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ocean Acres, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip32.6 min±4.8 min MOE
Worked from home11.2%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone77.6%±5.0 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 the published estimate?

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute29.2 min → 32.6 min▲ 3.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.1% → 11.2%▲ 6.0 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.0%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.4% → 77.6%▼ 6.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.6% ±5.0 pp
Carpool8.9% ±2.8 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.4% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home11.2% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 9,871 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.

86thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 86% 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.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

89th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate19,204± 1,102 MOE
Workers age 16+9,871± 793 MOE
Workers with travel time8,770± 806 MOE
Estimated home workers1,101± 276 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.