ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34596402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pleasantville, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip21.6 min±2.7 min MOE
Worked from home5.5%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone63.6%±5.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.0%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 commute20.4 min → 21.6 min▲ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.1% → 5.5%▲ 2.3 pp

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

Public transit7.4% → 8.6%▲ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.2% → 63.6%▼ 6.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone63.6% ±5.1 pp
Carpool17.9% ±5.5 pp
Public transit8.6% ±3.1 pp
Walk2.6% ±1.5 pp
Bicycle1.2% ±0.9 pp
Work from home5.5% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 9,220 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.

30thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

16thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

27th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate20,712± 26 MOE
Workers age 16+9,220± 621 MOE
Workers with travel time8,717± 614 MOE
Estimated home workers503± 184 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.