What is the average commute in Palisades Park borough, New Jersey?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 30.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Palisades Park borough, New Jersey work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 12.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 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 34557702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Palisades Park, New Jersey

Name: Commute estimates for Palisades Park borough, New Jersey
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.7 min one way; 12.6% worked from home, 54.9% drove alone, and 17.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip30.7 min±4.4 min MOE

Worked from home12.6%±3.2 pp MOE

Drove alone54.9%±4.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip17.0%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 Palisades Park borough's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute34.3 min → 30.7 min▼ 3.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.3% → 12.6%▲ 5.4 pp

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

Public transit21.1% → 14.1%▼ 7.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone56.1% → 54.9%▼ 1.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Palisades Park borough residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 54.9%; 14.1% used public transit and 12.6% worked from home.

Drive alone54.9% ±4.3 pp

Carpool13.2% ±4.1 pp

Public transit14.1% ±3.5 pp

Walk1.9% ±1.2 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp

Work from home12.6% ±3.2 pp

Each share uses 11,148 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Palisades Park borough compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 80th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

80^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

55^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

91^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Palisades Park borough's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 11,148 workers age 16+, including 9,742 workers with reported travel time and 1,406 home workers.

Population estimate20,290± 27 MOE

Workers age 16+11,148± 695 MOE

Workers with travel time9,742± 803 MOE

Estimated home workers1,406± 365 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 Palisades Park borough

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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