ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34565502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Passaic, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip25.3 min±1.4 min MOE
Worked from home9.0%±1.2 pp MOE
Drove alone48.6%±2.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.1%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 commute26.2 min → 25.3 min▼ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.5% → 9.0%▲ 3.5 pp

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

Public transit13.4% → 11.9%▼ 1.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone49.0% → 48.6%▼ 0.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone48.6% ±2.6 pp
Carpool17.3% ±2.2 pp
Public transit11.9% ±1.6 pp
Walk10.5% ±1.6 pp
Bicycle0.7% ±0.4 pp
Work from home9.0% ±1.2 pp

Each share uses 29,203 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.

50thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 50% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

24thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 76% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

98thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

68th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate70,002± 40 MOE
Workers age 16+29,203± 980 MOE
Workers with travel time26,563± 911 MOE
Estimated home workers2,640± 360 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.