ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34578402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pennsville, New Jersey

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.8 min one way; 8.5% worked from home, 83.1% drove alone, and 8.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.8 min±4.0 min MOE
Worked from home8.5%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone83.1%±4.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.1%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 Pennsville CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.0 min → 24.8 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.4% → 8.5%▲ 4.1 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.0%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.7% → 83.1%▼ 2.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Pennsville CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 83.1%; 0.0% used public transit and 8.5% worked from home.

Drive alone83.1% ±4.9 pp
Carpool6.8% ±2.6 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk1.0% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home8.5% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 5,155 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Pennsville CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 50th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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 under 25k population band.

34thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 66% 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.

59th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Pennsville CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,155 workers age 16+, including 4,716 workers with reported travel time and 439 home workers.

Population estimate12,233± 203 MOE
Workers age 16+5,155± 355 MOE
Workers with travel time4,716± 376 MOE
Estimated home workers439± 160 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 Pennsville 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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