ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · NJ · GEOID 34608102024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Preakness, New Jersey

Mean one-way trip29.8 min±4.4 min MOE
Worked from home16.9%±2.7 pp MOE
Drove alone70.2%±4.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.8%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 commute31.2 min → 29.8 min▼ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.8% → 16.9%▲ 9.1 pp

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

Public transit6.9% → 5.1%▼ 1.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.8% → 70.2%▼ 7.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.2% ±4.0 pp
Carpool6.8% ±3.5 pp
Public transit5.1% ±2.4 pp
Walk0.8% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home16.9% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 9,062 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.

76thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

91thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

81th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate18,520± 1,037 MOE
Workers age 16+9,062± 747 MOE
Workers with travel time7,531± 690 MOE
Estimated home workers1,531± 279 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.