What is the average commute in Phillipsburg town, New Jersey?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 26.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Phillipsburg town, New Jersey work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 4.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.6 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 34583502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Phillipsburg, New Jersey

Name: Commute estimates for Phillipsburg town, New Jersey
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.0 min one way; 4.5% worked from home, 78.0% drove alone, and 11.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.0 min±2.8 min MOE

Worked from home4.5%±1.6 pp MOE

Drove alone78.0%±5.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip11.4%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 Phillipsburg town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute29.3 min → 26.0 min▼ 3.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.0% → 4.5%▲ 1.4 pp

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

Public transit1.6% → 2.3%▲ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.9% → 78.0%▲ 4.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Phillipsburg town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.0%; 2.3% used public transit and 4.5% worked from home.

Drive alone78.0% ±5.7 pp

Carpool8.3% ±2.3 pp

Public transit2.3% ±1.9 pp

Walk3.1% ±1.5 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home4.5% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 7,659 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Phillipsburg town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 57th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

57^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

11^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

81^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Phillipsburg town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,659 workers age 16+, including 7,316 workers with reported travel time and 343 home workers.

Population estimate15,299± 26 MOE

Workers age 16+7,659± 428 MOE

Workers with travel time7,316± 449 MOE

Estimated home workers343± 126 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 Phillipsburg town

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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