ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34586502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pine Brook, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip25.8 min±10.7 min MOE
Worked from home28.0%±7.5 pp MOE
Drove alone66.4%±12.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.2%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 commute29.4 min → 25.8 min▼ 3.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home20.5% → 28.0%▲ 7.6 pp

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

Public transit3.0% → 0.2%▼ 2.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.5% → 66.4%▼ 5.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone66.4% ±12.5 pp
Carpool2.7% ±2.5 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.4 pp
Walk2.6% ±2.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home28.0% ±7.5 pp

Each share uses 3,056 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.

56thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

93thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

46thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

38th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,961± 815 MOE
Workers age 16+3,056± 598 MOE
Workers with travel time2,199± 550 MOE
Estimated home workers857± 284 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.