Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34571502024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Paulsboro, New Jersey
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.6 min one way; 8.2% worked from home, 82.1% drove alone, and 3.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip23.6 min±5.0 min MOE
Worked from home8.2%±5.5 pp MOE
Drove alone82.1%±6.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.1%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 Paulsboro borough's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.0 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Paulsboro borough residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 82.1%; 0.0% used public transit and 8.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 2,530 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Paulsboro borough compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 42th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Paulsboro borough's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 2,530 workers age 16+, including 2,322 workers with reported travel time and 208 home workers.
Population estimate6,248± 15 MOE
Workers age 16+2,530± 269 MOE
Workers with travel time2,322± 294 MOE
Estimated home workers208± 140 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
All New Jersey reports →Comparable New Jersey commute records for Paulsboro borough
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.