What is the average commute in Parsippany CDP, New Jersey?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Parsippany CDP, New Jersey work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 19.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.0 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 34564302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Parsippany, New Jersey

Name: Commute estimates for Parsippany CDP, New Jersey
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.5 min one way; 19.7% worked from home, 66.1% drove alone, and 10.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.5 min±3.8 min MOE

Worked from home19.7%±3.0 pp MOE

Drove alone66.1%±5.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip10.4%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 Parsippany CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +10.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.9 min → 27.5 min▲ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.2% → 19.7%▲ 10.5 pp

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

Public transit5.2% → 3.3%▼ 1.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.5% → 66.1%▼ 9.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Parsippany CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.1%; 3.3% used public transit and 19.7% worked from home.

Drive alone66.1% ±5.3 pp

Carpool8.8% ±2.1 pp

Public transit3.3% ±1.3 pp

Walk0.6% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.6% ±0.9 pp

Work from home19.7% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 11,189 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Parsippany CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 65th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

65^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

79^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

86^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

72^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Parsippany CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 11,189 workers age 16+, including 8,985 workers with reported travel time and 2,204 home workers.

Population estimate21,345± 1,106 MOE

Workers age 16+11,189± 774 MOE

Workers with travel time8,985± 809 MOE

Estimated home workers2,204± 368 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 Parsippany CDP

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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