What is the average commute in Preakness CDP, New Jersey?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Preakness CDP, New Jersey work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 16.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.7 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 34608102024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Preakness, New Jersey

Name: Commute estimates for Preakness CDP, New Jersey
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.8 min one way; 16.9% worked from home, 70.2% drove alone, and 12.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Preakness CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.1 percentage points.

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 Preakness CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.2%; 5.1% used public transit and 16.9% worked from home.

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

How Preakness CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 76th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

76^thMean commute percentile

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

71^thWork-from-home percentile

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

91^thTransit percentile

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

81^th60+ 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 Preakness CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 9,062 workers age 16+, including 7,531 workers with reported travel time and 1,531 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable New Jersey commute records for Preakness CDP

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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