What is the average commute in Pleasantville city, New Jersey?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Pleasantville city, New Jersey work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.0 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 34596402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pleasantville, New Jersey

Name: Commute estimates for Pleasantville city, New Jersey
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.6 min one way; 5.5% worked from home, 63.6% drove alone, and 4.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Pleasantville city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.3 percentage points.

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 Pleasantville city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 63.6%; 8.6% used public transit and 5.5% worked from home.

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

How Pleasantville city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 30th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

30^thMean commute percentile

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

16^thWork-from-home percentile

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

96^thTransit percentile

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

27^th60+ 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 Pleasantville city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 9,220 workers age 16+, including 8,717 workers with reported travel time and 503 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable New Jersey commute records for Pleasantville city

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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